Sidney Poitier : Man, Actor, Icon /

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Aram Goudsouzian analyzes the life and career of Hollywood legend Sidney Poitier, from his childhood in the Bahamas to his 2002 Oscar for lifetime achievement. Poitier is a gifted actor, a great American success story, an intriguing personality, and a political symbol; his life and career tell much...

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Main Author: Goudsouzian, Aram (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2004]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Poitier, Sidney.
African American actors.
Actors.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Cultural Heritage.
PERFORMING ARTS > Acting & Auditioning.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Entertainment & Performing Arts.
Acteurs noirs americains > Biographies.
Acteurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
African American actors > Biography.
Actors > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Poverty and progress ; Patches (1927-1943) ; Great migrations (1943-1945) ; Stages (1945-1949)
  • pt. II. Race man ; Message movies (1949-1952) ; Black lists (1951-1954) ; Threats (1955-1957) ; Noble savages (1956-1957)
  • pt. III. Black man's burden ; Decisions (1957-1959) ; Burdens (1959-1961) ; Blues (1960-1962) ; Long journeys (1963-1964)
  • pt. IV. Alone in the penthouse ; Crossroads (1965-1966) ; Useful negroes (1966-1967) ; Last hurrahs (1967-1968)
  • pt. V. Through playing God ; Exiles (1967-1971) ; Survivors (1972-1978) ; Ghosts (1978-2002).

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