Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies, grade: 2,0, University of Cologne (Englisches Seminar), course: Lost Highways - Road Movies and their Cultural Contexts, language: English, abstract: The Road Movie is a genre that emerged from the reckless travel stories of the Beat Generation in the nineteen sixties. Back then it particularly dealt with freedom and rebellion. The journey described in the road movie was physical as well as psychological an ...