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The Poitier effect : racial melodrama and fantasies of reconciliation /

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 man, helping German nuns build a chapel in The Lilie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Willis, Sharon, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2015.
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