Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
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TO WHOM THE OSCAR GOES: THE IMAGE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN IN PERCIVAL EVERETT'S NOVEL AND SIDNEY POITIER'S FILMS
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2016
Языканглийский
  • Karasik Olga Borisovna, author
  • Shhepacheva Inna Vladimirovna, author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language I.V. Shchepacheva, O.B. Karasik TO WHOM THE OSCAR GOES: THE IMAGE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN IN PERCIVAL EVERETT'S NOVEL AND SIDNEY POITIER'S FILMS // Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications and Conflict. - Volume 20, Special Issue , 2016. - P. 215-219.
    Annotation The article deals with the novel “I am Not Sidney Poitier” by Percival Everett who is considered to be one of the most accomplished and prolific African American writers nowadays. In his novel Percival Everett addresses an image of Sydney Poitier who was an icon of the 60s of the 20th century and known as a political activist, one of the representatives of the movement for the rights of African Americans in the USA. The actor was also the first African American actor who won the Oscar prize. The authors of the article come to the conclusion that the novel has the same plot structures as movies in which Sydney Poitier had the leading roles. The main aim of appealing to Sydney Poitier's film heritage is to present author's views upon the questions of identity and race which are the most traditional for African American literature.
    Keywords Percival Everett, African American identity, Sidney Poitier, the image of African American, racial discrimination, self-identity.
    The name of the journal Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications and Conflict
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