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Racism in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings / Claudia Johnson, book editor.

Contributor(s): Series: Social issues in literaturePublication details: Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2008.Description: 150 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780737739015 (hardcover)
  • 0737739010 (hardcover)
  • 9780737739053 (pbk.)
  • 0737739053 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 818/.5409 22
LOC classification:
  • PS3551.N464 Z835 2008
Contents:
Ch. 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.
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.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks PS3551 .N464 Z835 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001007490

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-144) and index.

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.

Ch. 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.

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