{"product_id":"the-motorcycle-diaries-youth-travel-and-politics-in-latin-america-hardcover","title":"The Motorcycle Diaries: Youth, Travel and Politics in Latin America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNadia Lie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first monograph to examine Walter Salles' \u003ci\u003eThe Motorcycle Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, this book explains the significance of Salles' film with respect to the specific category of 'youth culture' as a historically and culturally situated concept.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Motorcycle Diaries looks at the film's engagement with 'emerging adulthood', the importance of travel as a source of self-discovery, and the film's impact on the iconicity of Che Guevara, the international emblem of a restless, rebellious youth. Combining insights from transnational film studies, tourism studies and affect theory, as well as drawing on extensive historical materials, this book provides not only a necessary addition to existing scholarship on this popular movie, but also an inspiring model for the analysis of film in relation to youth culture - a burgeoning field of interest in Latin American scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt will interest any scholar in film studies, specifically transnational cinemas, global cinema, Latin American cinema, Latin American history, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, tourism studies and global politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNadia Lie\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Latin American Literature and Film at KU Leuven, Belgium. Her research is about contemporary Latin American fiction, travel and interculturality. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Latin American (Counter-) Road Movie and Ambivalent Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47437452148914,"sku":"9781032126135","price":118.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/790c11b94f231ad87f40e8ccd2c6a897.webp?v=1778653032","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-motorcycle-diaries-youth-travel-and-politics-in-latin-america-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}