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Y tu mamá también : mythologies of youth

Baugh, Scott L., author

2020

Overview

\"Charting production, distribution, censorship, and reception, this book examines Y Tu Mamá También in its presentation as a journey of self-discoveries. Three young adults enjoy a road trip together in search of a legendary beach. Behind their stories are mythologies of youth, a network of ideas in the film that reflects life outside the theaters. The deceptively complex film leaves the characters and its viewers with, instead of oversimplified and hollow answers, provocative questions and existential concerns. Made independently in Mexico, the film crosses-over transnational issues, global markets, and mainstream and alternative aesthetics. It transforms road movie and youth film genres and shows a 'musical, magical' Mexico to the world. This book synthesizes several approaches in order to extensively examine Y Tu Mamá También. Covering the film's larger industrial, political, and cultural contexts, this book analyzes the too-often overlooked aspects of youthful sexuality alongside figurations of maturity, rites of passage, and covenants-made, broken, and remade-that not only inform representations of identity but also complicate the processes of identity formation themselves\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: Y tu mamá también (Motion picture) / Coming-of-age films History and criticism. / Road films History and criticism. / Motion pictures, Mexican.
• ISBN: 9781138079823, 1138079820

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PN1997.Y24 B38 2020	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE