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Racism in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings Cover Image Book Book

Racism in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings

Johnson, Claudia Durst, 1938- (Added Author).

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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  • ISBN: 9780737739015 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0737739010 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780737739053 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0737739053 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    150 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2008.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-144) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Chronology -- 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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      Augusta-Richmond Co. Public Lib. 		813 RAC ( Send Text)
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      Forest Park Branch 		818.5409 RACISM ( Send Text)
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      Riverdale Branch 		818.5409 RACISM ( Send Text)
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      Leesburg Branch 		813.54 RACI ( Send Text)
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