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037 _bGreenhaven Pr, c/o Gale/Cengage Learning Po Box 9187, Farmington Hills, MI, USA, 48333-9187
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245 0 0 _aRacism in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings /
_cClaudia Johnson, book editor.
260 _aDetroit, MI :
_bGreenhaven Press,
_cc2008.
300 _a150 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
440 0 _aSocial issues in literature.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 141-144) and index.
520 _aPresents 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.
505 0 _aCh. 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. Ch. 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. Ch. 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.
600 1 0 _aAngelou, Maya.
_tI know why the caged bird sings.
650 0 _aAfrican American authors
_vBiography
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans
_vBiography
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aAfrican American girls
_xBiography
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aAfrican Americans in literature.
650 0 _aRacism in literature.
650 0 _aRacism
_zSouthern States.
651 0 _aSouthern States
_xIn literature.
700 1 _aJohnson, Claudia D.
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