{"product_id":"race-on-the-qt-adilifu-nama-9780292772366","title":"Race on the QT: Blackness and the Films of Quentin Tarantino","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Ray \u0026amp; Pat Browne Award for Best Reference\/Primary Source Work in Popular and American Culture, Popular Culture Association\/American Culture Association, 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown 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 \u003ci\u003eRace on the QT\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdilifu Nama concisely deconstructs and reassembles the racial dynamics woven into \u003ci\u003eReservoir Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrue Romance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePulp Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJackie Brown\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKill Bill: Vol. 1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKill Bill: Vol. 2\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath Proof\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInglourious Basterds\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDjango Unchained\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adilifu Nama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 029277236X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292772366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2015","brand":"Adilifu Nama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075996414207,"sku":"9780292772366","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c7ce5e4-1473-4dd1-bff0-655bc444b163.jpg?v=1685462597","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/race-on-the-qt-adilifu-nama-9780292772366","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}