Rescue US: Birth, Django, and the Violence of Racial Redemption
In this article, I show how the relationship between race, violence, and redemption is articulated and visualized through film. By juxtaposing DW Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation and Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, I contend that the latter inverts the logic of the former. While Birth sacrific...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Religions |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/1/21 |