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Race on the QT : Blackness and the Films of Quentin Tarantino by Adilifu Nama (2015, Hardcover)

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Winner, Ray & Pat Browne Award for Best Reference/Primary Source Work in Popular and American Culture, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, 2016 Known for their violence and prolific profanity, including free use of the n-word, the films of Quentin Tarantino, like the director himself, chronically blurt out in polite company what is extremely problematic even when deliberated in private. Consequently, there is an uncomfortable and often awkward frankness associated with virtually all of Tarantino's films, particularly when it comes to race and blackness. Yet beyond the debate over whether Tarantino is or is not racist is the fact that his films effectively articulate racial anxieties circulating in American society as they engage longstanding racial discourses and hint at emerging trends. This radical racial politics--always present in Tarantino's films but kept very much on the quiet--is the subject of Race on the QT . Adilifu Nama concisely deconstructs and reassembles the racial dynamics woven into Reservoir Dogs , True Romance , Pulp Fiction , Jackie Brown , Kill Bill: Vol. 1 , Kill Bill: Vol. 2 , Death Proof , Inglourious Basterds , and Django Unchained , as they relate to historical and current racial issues in America. Nama's eclectic fusion of cultural criticism and film analysis looks beyond the director's personal racial attitudes and focuses on what Tarantino's filmic body of work has said and is saying about race in America symbolically, metaphorically, literally, impolitely, cynically, sarcastically, crudely, controversially, and brilliantly.

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Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292768141
ISBN-13
9780292768147
eBay Product ID (ePID)
205595281

Product Key Features

Author
Adilifu Nama
Publication Name
Race on the Qt : Blackness and the Films of Quentin Tarantino
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
184 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
14 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Pn1998.3
Reviews
Nama's book traces the racial topicality of Tarantino's films to his fascination with the subversive and racially empowering features of Blaxploitation cinema. It confronts the racial frankness in Tarantino's films rather than the man himself, examining what they say about race in America with a critical dynamism and a clarity of perspective that makes enjoyable and provocative reading.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Reservoir Dogs and True Romance Chapter 2. Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown Chapter 3. Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, and Death Proof Chapter 4. Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained Coda Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / History & Criticism
Lccn
2014-026611
Dewey Decimal
791.4302/33092
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts

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