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Racism in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings
- Title
- Racism in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings / Claudia Johnson, book editor.
- Publication
- Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2008.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Johnson, Claudia D.
- Description
- 150 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Presents essays that examine racism and other related issues in "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," discussing such topics as race and gender, humor and folklore, and death and rebirth.
- Series Statement
- Social issues in literature
- Subjects
- Racism > Southern States
- Southern States > In literature
- African Americans > Biography > History and criticism
- African American girls > Biography > History and criticism
- Angelou, Maya > I know why the caged bird sings
- Racism in literature
- African Americans in literature
- African American authors > Biography > History and criticism
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-144) and index.
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Background on Maya Angelou -- The life of Maya Angelou / Lynn Z. Bloom -- The life that shaped the book and the book that shaped the life / Joanne M. Braxton -- Chapter 2. I know why the caged bird sings and racism -- Metaphors of a racial struggle / Joan Didion -- Fears, lies, silence, and singing / Elizabeth Fox-Genovese -- Race and education / Fred Lee Hord -- Momma's positive lessons / Sidonie Ann Smith -- Humor as a tool for survival / Lyman B. Hagen -- Seeing African American women in a new way / Sondra O'Neale -- Showing one's human side / Pierre A. Walker -- Principle or compromise in race relations / Mary Jane Lupton -- Silenced no more / Sandi Russell -- A black girl's continuing death and rebirth / Liliane K. Arensberg -- The journey inward / Dolly A. McPherson -- Angelou and civil rights / Hilton Als -- Chapter 3: Contemporary perspectives on racism -- The changing face of racial conflict / Roberto Lovato -- A problem unsolved / Adam Nossiter -- I had a dream / Bill Maxwell -- A dream lay dying / Bill Maxwell -- Family, race, and freedom / Larissa MacFarquhar.
- Call Number
- Sc E 08-1339
- ISBN
- 9780737739015 (hardcover)
- 0737739010 (hardcover)
- 9780737739053 (pbk.)
- 0737739053 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2007937606
- OCLC
- 154682083
- Title
- Racism in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings / Claudia Johnson, book editor.
- Imprint
- Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2008.
- Series
- Social issues in literature
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-144) and index.
- Added Author
- Johnson, Claudia D.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 08-1339