Sharon Willis: 3 books
The Poitier Effect
Racial Melodrama and Fantasies of Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
The civil rights struggle was convulsing the nation, its violence broadcast into every living room. Against this fraught background, Sidney Poitier emerged as an image of dignity, discipline, and moral authority. Here was the picture-perfect black man, helping German nuns build a chapel in The Lilies...
High Contrast
Race and Gender in Contemporary Hollywood Films
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 1997
In High Contrast, Sharon Willis examines the dynamic relationships between racial and sexual difference in Hollywood film from the 1980s and 1990s. Seizing on the way these differences are accentuated, sensationalized, and eroticized on screen—most often with little apparent regard for the political...
Second Chances
A Romance Writers of America Collection
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Do you believe in second chances?
Romance Writers of America® brings together seventeen of today's hottest authors in an anthology of never-before-published tales that reveal true love always deserves a happy ending.
Follow New York Times best-selling authors J. Kenner and Christina...