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Autore |
Goudsouzian Aram |
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Titolo |
Sidney Poitier [[electronic resource] ] : man, actor, icon / / Aram Goudsouzian |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-8078-7584-8 |
1-4696-0360-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (495 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Actors - United States |
African American actors |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-465) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this biography of actor Sidney Poitier, Aram Goudsouzian analyses the life and career of a Hollywood legend, from his childhood in the Bahamas to his 2002 Oscar for lifetime achievement. |
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