The Politics of Detachment and Disruptive Tourism in Las cosas como son (Fernando Lavanderos, 2012). Issue 3 (3rd July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lie, Nadia
• Is Part Of: Journal of Latin American cultural studies. Volume 31:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 391
• Page End: 410
• Publication Date: 2022-07-03
• Subjects: detachment -- disaffection -- desapego -- unsentimentality -- tourism -- voluntourism -- festival film -- Novísimos -- Lavanderos -- Chile; Latin America -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Amérique latine -- Civilisation -- Périodiques; 306.098
• DOI: 10.1080/13569325.2022.2128728
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1356-9325

Abstract

Abstract : Detachment has become a key notion for the study of contemporary Latin American cinema. This article examines how detachment is related to tourism and how it refigures the political in Las cosas como son (2012), a film by Fernando Lavanderos, who is considered representative of a new generation of Chilean directors. By drawing on recent insights from tourism studies, the close reading highlights tourism's disruptive potential with respect to disaffection in a host–guest relationship. It then relates this "disrupted disaffection" to the film's ending, arguing that detachment can be conceived of as "unsentimentality" – a notion bridging the apparent gap between an aesthetics of detachment and the political sphere.