‘Don’t Stop Me Now’: Mobility and Cosmopolitanism in the Bourne Saga

Azcona, María del Mar (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Abstract: This article explores the search for identity of the main character of the Jason Bourne movies in the light of contemporary critical theories on mobility and cosmopolitanism. This theoretical framework is combined with close textual analysis of the films in order to explore the visual and narrative mechanisms that the three Bourne movies starring Matt Damon use in order to, first, capture the protagonist’s lost sense of self and, second, construct a new cosmopolitan hero for the mainstream. As I argue, Bourne’s unrelentless journey across borders encapsulates some of the paradoxes of our highly mobile times, while also calling attention to certain shortcomings and inadequacies of the ‘national paradigm’, to make sense of an individual’s existence within contemporary societies.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2014.957014

Año: 2016

Publicado en: MOBILITIES 11, 2 (2016), 207-222
ISSN: 1745-0101

Factor impacto JCR: 2.043 (2016)

Categ. JCR: TRANSPORTATION rank: 13 / 33 = 0.394 (2016) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: GEOGRAPHY rank: 25 / 78 = 0.321 (2016) - Q2 - T1

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.877 - Demography (Q1) - Sociology and Political Science (Q1) - Geography, Planning and Development (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/H12
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FFI2010-15312

Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Filología Inglesa (Dpto. Filolog.Inglesa y Alema.)