The Power of the N-Word in Tarantino’s FilmsBlack Intolerance and/or White Audacity?

  1. Soler Pardo, Betlem 1
  1. 1 Universitat de València
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    Universitat de València

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/043nxc105

Revista:
Archivum: Revista de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras

ISSN: 0570-7218

Año de publicación: 2018

Número: 68

Páginas: 241-264

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.17811/ARC.68.2018.241-264 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Archivum: Revista de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras

Resumen

Quentin Tarantino es una figura controvertida cuyo uso característico del lenguaje ofensivo y la violencia explícita han sido objeto de censura. El uso constante de la palabra nigger ha sido una fuente particular de consternación para sus detractores. En este artículo, se ofrece un examen detallado del uso de la palabra nigger por personas blancas en una amplia gama de contextos discursivos. Comenzaré con un análisis cuantitativo del uso de la palabra en cuestión en las ocho películas dirigidas por Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Four Rooms (1995), Kill Bill Vol. I y II) (2003 y 2004), Death Proof (2007), Inglorious Basterds (2009) y Django (2013) - seguido de algunas frases seleccionadas extraídas de aquellas películas en las que la presencia de la palabra nigger es palpable.

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  • Filmography
  • Reservoir Dogs (1992) D: Quentin Tarantino. P: Lawrence Bender, Harvey Keitel. SC: Q. Tarantino, Roger Avary. Du: 102’ Live Entertainment.
  • Pulp Fiction (1994) D: Quentin Tarantino. P: Lawrence Bender. SC: Q. Tarantino, Roger Avary. Du: 154’. Miramax Films.
  • Four Rooms: The Man from Hollywood (1995). D: Quentin Tarantino. P: Lawrence Bender, Heidi Vogel, Paul Hellerman, Scott Lambert. SC: Q. Tarantino. Du: 97’ (whole film) Color. A Band Apart-Miramax.
  • Jackie Brown (1997). D: Quentin Tarantino. P: Lawrence Bender, Paul Hellerman. SC: Q. Tarantino (adapted from Elmore Leonard’s novel Rum Punch). Du: 151’. Color. Lawrence Bender Productions-A Band Apart-Miramax- Mighty Afrodite Productions.
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  • Grindhouse: Death Proof (2007) D: Quentin Tarantino. P: Elizabeth Avellan, Robert Rodríguez, Erica Steinberg and Quentin Tarantino. SC: Q. Ta
  • Tarantino. Du: 95’. The Weinstein Company.
  • Inglorious Basterds (2009). D: Quentin Tarantino. P: A Band Apart-A Zehnte Babelsberg Film GmbH. SC: Q. Tarantino. Du: 146’. Universal-The Weinstein Company.
  • Django Unchained (2012). D: Quentin Tarantino. P: A Band Apart. SC: Quentin Tarantino. Du: 165’. P: Sony Pictures/The Weinstein Company.
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  • http://www.daveyd.com/nigaornigpol.html
  • http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/357/3/the-n-word-the-use-and-development-of-the-term-nigger-in-african-american-culture-as-depicted-in-the-plays-of-august-wilson
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