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Author Megna-Wallace, Joanne, 1954-

Title Understanding I know why the caged bird sings : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents / Joanne Megna-Wallace
Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 189 pages)
Series The Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series, 1074-598X
Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series. 1074-598X
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
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Subject Angelou, Maya. I know why the caged bird sings -- Examinations -- Study guides
Angelou, Maya -- Contributions in autobiography
SUBJECT Angelou, Maya fast
I know why the caged bird sings (Angelou, Maya) fast
Subject Authors, American -- Biography -- History and criticism
African American authors -- Biography -- History and criticism
Women entertainers -- Biography -- History and criticism
African American women -- Intellectual life
Autobiography.
Autobiography -- Sources
Women entertainers -- Biography -- History and criticism -- Sources
African American women authors -- Biography -- History and criticism -- Sources
Autobiographies as Topic
autobiography (genre)
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
African American authors -- Biography
African American women authors -- Biography
African American women -- Intellectual life
Authors, American -- Biography
Autobiography
Examinations
Women entertainers -- Biography
Genre/Form examination study guides.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Sources
Study guides
Study guides.
Guides de l'étudiant.
Form Electronic book
Author Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.)
ISBN 0313032106
9780313032103
Other Titles I know why the caged bird sings