{"product_id":"the-poitier-effect-9780816692859","title":"The Poitier Effect","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eThe Poitier Effect\u003c\/i\u003e, Sharon Willis is an illuminating analyst of film as a visual and sonic art form and perhaps our most astute interrogator of the workings of race in American film.\"—Michael Awkward, University of Michigan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sharon Willis is one of our most trenchant—and wittiest—critics of how popular cinema casts narratives of race and gender. She unfolds a remarkably resilient script, featuring not only the actor Sidney Poitier but the Poitier effect, a mechanism of reassurance of white tolerance, of change without change.\"—Patricia White, author of \u003ci\u003eWomen’s Cinema, World Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rewardingly thoughtful.\"—\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Poitier Effect, \u003c\/i\u003ecomplicated by contemporary ideas about feminism, sexuality, and privilege, continues to inform our collective memory as well as our visions of postracial society.\"—\u003ci\u003eCBQ: Communication Booknotes Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A taut and insightful book concerning race representation in cinema.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Film and Video\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Poitier Effect should be considered for inclusion in courses in African American cultural history, communication, feminist or cultural studies, as well as U.S. popular culture.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of African American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Racial Pedagogy and the Magical Negro \u003cbr\u003e1. Passing Through: The Obsessive Sameness of Sidney Poitier\u003cbr\u003e2. Feminism as Alibi: When White Women Encounter Color\u003cbr\u003e3. The Lure of Retrospectatorship: Hitting the False Notes in \u003ci\u003eFar from Heaven\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e4. Black Authenticity and the Ambivalent Icon: Keeping It Real in \u003ci\u003eTalk to Me\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eConclusion: Chasing Sidney\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405974774103,"sku":"9780816692859","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816692859.jpg?v=1730494106","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-poitier-effect-9780816692859","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}