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1013156
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b767526
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| Main Entry
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Goudsouzian, Aram.
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| Title & Author
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Sidney Poitier : : man, actor, icon /\ Aram Goudsouzian.
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| Publication Statement
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Chapel Hill :: University of North Carolina Press,, ©2004.
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1 online resource (xii, 480 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0807875848
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: 1469603608
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: 9780807875841
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: 9781469603605
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0807828432
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9780807828434
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-465) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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 about race relations since the 1960s.
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Poitier, Sidney.
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Poitier, Sidney.
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Poitier, Sidney.
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Actors-- United States, Biography.
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African American actors, Biography.
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Actors.
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African American actors.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Cultural Heritage.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Entertainment Performing Arts.
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PERFORMING ARTS-- Acting Auditioning.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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791.43/028/092B
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| LC Classification
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PN2287.P57G68 2004eb
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