Don't Stop Me Now

Mobility and Cosmopolitanism in the Bourne Saga

Bibliographic Data

ID5716811
AuthorsMaría Del Mar Azcona (0000-0003-1123-1448, Universidad de Zaragoza, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume11
Issue2
Pages207-222
Publication date2016-03-14
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMobilities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1745-0101 • E-ISSN: 1745-011X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17450101.2014.957014
OpenAlexW1990380894
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited27

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

Cosmopolitanism · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Irish and British Studies · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Philippine History and Culture

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