The Poitier effect : racial melodrama and fantasies of reconciliation / Sharon Willis.

Author/creator Willis, Sharon, 1955- author.
Format Book
PublicationMinneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
Descriptionx, 255 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: racial pedagogy and the magical negro -- Passing through: the obsessive sameness of Sidney Poitier -- Feminism as alibi: when white women encounter color -- The lure of retrospectatorship: hitting the false notes in Far from heaven -- Black authenticity and the ambivalent icon: keeping it real in Talk to me -- Conclusion: chasing Sidney.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
LCCN 2014040584
ISBN9780816692842 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN081669284X hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN9780816692859 paperback alkaline paper
ISBN0816692858 paperback alkaline paper

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Joyner General Stacks PN2287.P57 W55 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold