Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 189 pages) |
Series |
The Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series, 1074-598X |
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Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series. 1074-598X
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Contents |
The journey to maturity and self-esteem: a literary analysis of Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings -- Violence and intimidation as a means of social control: a historical overview of race relations in the South -- Segregated schools: an institutional method of social control -- The African American church -- The African American family and other role models -- Child sexual abuse -- Censorship |
Summary |
Maya Angelou's autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was nominated for a National Book Award, yet in 1995 it topped the list of books most frequently challenged in schools and libraries. This interdisciplinary collection of documents and commentary explores the historical and social context, as well as the contemporary issues and controversies, raised by Angelou's autobiography. A rich resource for teachers and students, it will help to enhance the reader's understanding of the historical and social forces that shaped Maya Angelou's experience - race relations in the pre-civil rights South, segregated schools, the African American church, and the African American family. It also examines the issue of childhood sexual abuse, the inclusion of which has been the basis of most of the challenges to the autobiography, and the issue of the work's censorship since its publication |
Analysis |
Litteratur Engelsk, amerikansk litteratur |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Angelou, Maya. I know why the caged bird sings -- Examinations -- Study guides
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Angelou, Maya -- Contributions in autobiography
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SUBJECT |
Angelou, Maya fast |
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I know why the caged bird sings (Angelou, Maya) fast |
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Authors, American -- Biography -- History and criticism
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African American authors -- Biography -- History and criticism
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Women entertainers -- Biography -- History and criticism
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African American women -- Intellectual life
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Autobiography.
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Autobiography -- Sources
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Women entertainers -- Biography -- History and criticism -- Sources
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African American women authors -- Biography -- History and criticism -- Sources
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Autobiographies as Topic
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autobiography (genre)
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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African American authors -- Biography
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African American women authors -- Biography
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African American women -- Intellectual life
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Authors, American -- Biography
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Autobiography
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Examinations
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Women entertainers -- Biography
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Genre/Form |
examination study guides.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Sources
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Study guides
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Study guides.
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Guides de l'étudiant.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.)
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ISBN |
0313032106 |
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9780313032103 |
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