Roads to the Self: Unearthing the Foundations of the Road Movie

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dc.contributor.advisorCarrera, Alessandro
dc.contributor.committeeMemberTolliver, Julie-Françoise
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHernández, Marie Theresa
dc.creatorHiggs, Elizabeth W.
dc.creator.orcid0000-0001-9230-3313
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-29T02:52:56Z
dc.date.available2022-12-29T02:52:56Z
dc.date.createdMay 2022
dc.date.issued2022-05-12
dc.date.updated2022-12-29T02:52:57Z
dc.description.abstractThis study explores ten “road movies” made between 1945 and 2005 chosen as exemplary in global cinema. The films originated in the U.S., Italy, Germany, Brazil, Japan, Morocco and France. The project is based on library research and film viewing and uses eclectic methods and theories embracing mainly phenomenological and humanistic approaches. This thesis approaches the film narratives in selected “road movies” as “aesthetic artifacts.” The filmmakers who created these road movies use the “bricolage” available to them and which resonates with their film audiences to assemble their own mythical worlds and invite us into them. The research describes the stages of the journeys of self-discovery and the ways that film techniques reveal the psychological journeys taken by the key characters.
dc.description.departmentComparative Cultural Studies, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/13149
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectGlobal cinema
dc.titleRoads to the Self: Unearthing the Foundations of the Road Movie
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentComparative Cultural Studies, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineWorld Cultures and Literature
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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