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The aesthetics of disaffection in the Latin American festival film KU Leuven
The increasingly transnational character of contemporary Latin American cinema has led to the emergence of new analytical categories for its study. This article centers on the so-called festival film and argues that more attention should be paid to its aesthetic styles. By proposing the concept of "aesthetics of disaffection", the author summarizes and revises current definitions of the festival film, drawing attention to the affective economies ...
The Latin American (Counter-) Road Movie and Ambivalent Modernity KU Leuven
This book offers a comprehensive and systematic overview of the flourishing genre of the contemporary Latin American road movie, of which Diarios de motocicleta and Y tu mamá también are only the best-known examples. It offers the first systematic survey of the genre and explains why the road movie is key to contemporary Latin American cinema and society. Proposing the new category of “counter-road movie,” and paying special attention to the ...