Introduction: A Southern State of Exception §Oliver C. Speck§Part I. Cultural Roots and Intertexts: Germany, France, US§Dr. 'King' Schultz as Ideologue and Emblem: The German Enlightenment and the Legacy of the 1848 Revolutions in Django Unchained§Robert von Dassanowsky§Franco-faux-ne : Django's jive §Margaret OzierskiOf Handshakes and Dragons: Django's German Cousins Dana Weber Django and Lincoln: The Suffering Slave and the Law of Slavery Gregory L. KasterPart II. Philosophy Unchained: Ethics, Body Space and EvilBodies in and out of Place: Django Unchained and Body-Spaces Alexander D. Ornella The D is Silent, but Human Rights Are Not: Django Unchained as Human Rights DiscourseKate E. Temoney Hark, Hark, the (dis)Enchanted Kantian Or: Tarantino's 'Evil' and its Anti-Cathartic Resonance Dara Waldron Value and Violence in Django Unchained William Brown Part III. Questions of Race and Representation: What is a 'Black Film'? 'Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Film': 'What does it mean to be a black film in twenty-first century America?'Heather Ashley Hayes and Gilbert B. Rodman Chained To It: The Recurrence of the Frontier Hero in the Films of Quentin Tarantino Samuel P. Perry 'Crowdsourcing 'The Bad-Ass Slave': A critique of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained Reynaldo Anderson, D.L. Stephenson, and Chante AndersonGuess Whos Coming to Get Her: Stereotypes, Mythification, and White Redemption Ryan J. Weaver and Nichole K. Kathol Django Blues: Whiteness and Hollywood's continued failures David J. Leonard Works Cited Notes on Contributors Index