rhetorical of the american road#week9

Driving Vision: Exploring the Road Movie.
“Overall the European road movie associates road traveling with introspection rather than violence and danger. Put differently, traveling outside of society becomes less important (and perhaps less possible) than traveling into the national culture, tracing the meaning of citizenship as a journey ” (David 248). In fact, the road movie is formulated in the different culture, economy, history, and politics. The European road movie introspects their life and standpoint, more than violence. The American road movie presents the interaction of the American. The road movie should be developed in the different approach stories in the different communities, societies, and nations. However, the globalization might only assimilate the various stories.
Romance of the Road
“…. The quest is not so manic, the goals are more realistic, and the state of mind is more even. In travel narratives from the 19th century to present American road narratives, women have attempted to correct what they felt was going wrong with the quest”(Ronald 116). In fact, the American Road movie and story are not completely until today. There is little chance to let the minority group s to claim, but mainstream still dominates the most of the media contents and discards the context of minority. Until now, the road movie is still constructing for the males, for the white values.
The Road Story and the Rebel: Moving Through Film, Fiction, and Television.
“The road story will continue to be remapped by each new generation of storytellers as they grapple with the nature of rebellion, the mobility of identity, and life in a global economy during a time of media convergence”（Katie 223）. According to the author, the road movie story will still be played, and remapped in the future. However, the storytellers are not going to completely struggle with the nature of rebellion. Because the new media and the new agent will occur, the situation will only influence the road movies to become more and more similar. As like the high concept movie have already became a universal rule to produce movie even in different countries. Therefore, the road movies might have more varies contents than before, but the purpose of those products might be only to gain more money but not the rebellion.