TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Claudia D.
TI  - Racism in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings
SN  - 9780737739015 (hardcover)
AV  - PS3551.N464 Z835 2008
U1  - 818/.5409 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Detroit, MI
PB  - Greenhaven Press
KW  - Angelou, Maya.
KW  - African American authors
KW  - Biography
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - African Americans
KW  - African American girls
KW  - African Americans in literature
KW  - Racism in literature
KW  - Racism
KW  - Southern States
KW  - In literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-144) and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -