Podróż do emancypacji. O ambiwalentnym znaczeniu motywu drogi na przykładzie tematu rasy w kinie amerykańskim
Journey to Emancipation. On the Ambivalent Meaning of the Motif of the Road Using the Example of the Theme of Race in American Cinema

Summary/Abstract: The theme of travel belongs to both the most universal in cultural texts en bloc, and those readily updated in American culture. There it is eagerly combined with categories of progress and emancipation, not only social but also individual. That is why characters in some way excluded or underprivileged often set off on the American road. The obviousness of the juxtaposition of journey and emancipation, however, is problematic in mainstream cinema dealing with the topic of racial relations from the 1950s, through the 1980s to the present day. In those three moments, Hollywood film-makers reached for these themes with greater intensity, placing them within distinctive film phenomena (e.g. civil rights cinema), as well as in travel topos.

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