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Sidney Poitier - Man, Actor, Icon (Paperback)
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Sidney Poitier - Man, Actor, Icon (Paperback)
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In the first full biography of actor Sidney Poitier, Aram
Goudsouzian analyzes the life and career of a Hollywood legend,
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 illuminate America's racial history. In such films as
Lilies of the Field, In the Heat of the Night, and Guess Who's
Coming to Dinner, Poitier's middle-class, mannered, virtuous screen
persona contradicted prevailing film stereotypes of blacks as
half-wits, comic servants, or oversexed threats. His screen image
and public support of nonviolent integration assuaged the fears of
a broad political center, and by 1968, Poitier was voted America's
favorite movie star. Through careful readings of every Poitier
film, Goudsouzian shows that Poitier's characters often made
sacrifices for the good of whites and rarely displayed sexuality.
As the only black leading man during the civil rights era, Poitier
chose roles and public positions that negotiated the struggle for
dignity. By 1970, times had changed and Poitier was the target of a
backlash from film critics and black radicals, as the new heroes of
""blaxploitation"" movies reversed the Poitier model. In the 1970s,
Poitier shifted his considerable talents toward directing, starring
in, and producing popular movies that employed many African
Americans, both on and off screen. After a long hiatus, he returned
to starring roles in the late 1980s. More recently, the film
industry has reappraised his career, and Poitier has received
numerous honors recognizing his multi-faceted work for black
equality in Hollywood. As this biography affirms, Poitier remains
one of American popular culture's foremost symbols of the
possibilities for and limits of racial equality.
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