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Dear all,
I’m very happy to announce the publication of
Roche, David. Quentin Tarantino: Poetics and Politics of Cinematic Metafiction. Jackson, MS: UP of Mississippi, 2018. 352p. ISBN 978-1496819161
http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/2172 <http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/2172>
Warm regards,
David Roche

David Roche, Professor of Film Studies / professeur d’études cinématographiques
Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France (office LA257)
DEMA / CAS (EA 801)
President of SERCIA (Société d’Études et de Recherches sur le CInéma Anglophone) www.sercia.net
http://cas.univ-tlse2.fr/accueil-cas/pratique/membres/roche-david-289381.kjsp?RH=1370266407978
http://univ-tlse2.academia.edu/DavidRoche
CONTENTS

Acknowledgments vii Introduction 3

CHAPTER ONE

“What Shall the History Books Read?” History and Film History 15

CHAPTER TWO

“Black Man, White Hell”
Identity Politics Vol. 1: Race and Ethnicity 32

CHAPTER THREE

“ at’s the Excuse You Guys Use Whenever You Want to Exclude Me from Something”
Identity Politics Vol. 2: Gender (and Sexuality) 75

CHAPTER FOUR

“Revenge Is Never a Straight Line”
A Neoformalist Approach Vol. 1: Narrative Structures and Paradigms 127

CHAPTER FIVE

“Everything’s the Same Except for One Change”
A Neoformalist Approach Vol. 2: Narration and Style 160

CHAPTER SIX

“Lookin’ Back on the Track, Gonna Do It My Way” e Use of Preexisting Music 224

vi Contents

CHAPTER SEVEN

“Come On, Let’s Get into Character” Acting and eatricality 244

CHAPTER EIGHT

“He’s Just Not Used to Seein’ a Man Ripped Apart by Dogs Is All” Violence and Spectacle 270

Conclusion 288

Notes 293
Filmography and Bibliography 319

Index 332





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