The Poitier Effect: Racial Melodrama and Fantasies of Reconciliation by Sharon Willis

The Poitier Effect: Racial Melodrama and Fantasies of Reconciliation

Sharon Willis

272 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

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The civil rights struggle was convulsing the nation, its violence broadcast into every living room. Against this fraught background, Sidney Poitier emerged as an image of dignity, discipline, and moral authority. Here was the picture-perfect black...

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