@inbook{8caaf87f9b5041ac96fac5d474721c84,
title = "Inscription and Subversion of the Road Movie in In{\'e}s de Oliveira C{\'e}zar{\textquoteright}s Cassandra (2012)",
abstract = "This chapter claims that In{\'e}s de Oliveira C{\'e}zar{\textquoteright}s Cassandra (Argentina, 2012) inscribes and subverts the generic conventions of the road movie, the female Bildungsroman, and even neorealism. While the road trip favors character development and female independence, the protagonist, a journalist whose job is to denounce the deforestation that deprives indigenous peoples of their ancestral lands in the Argentine northeast, does not turn out to be a successful journalist, since she becomes extremely aware of the limitations of language and representation. In this film, cultural critique is represented narratively and the deictic pointers typical of neorealism are ambiguous. Instead of the expected overt political messages denouncing the plight of indigenous peoples, Cassandra makes us to reflect upon the limitations of objective representation as well as the unfeasibility of speaking for the subaltern.",
keywords = "Cultural Critique, Editorial Office, Generic Convention, Indigenous Language, Indigenous People",
author = "Cynthia Tompkins",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s).",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1057/978-1-137-58093-1_13",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Global Cinema",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "255--271",
booktitle = "Global Cinema",
}