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Title Understanding I know why the caged bird sings : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents / Joanne Megna-Wallace.

Publication Info. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 189 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series, 1074-598X
Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series. 1074-598X
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details 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
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Angelou, Maya. I know why the caged bird sings -- Examinations -- Study guides.
Angelou, Maya.
Angelou, Maya.
Angelou, Maya, 1928- I know why the caged bird sings -- Sources.
Authors, American -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Authors, American -- Biography.
African American authors -- Biography -- History and criticism.
African American authors -- Biography.
Women entertainers -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Women entertainers -- Biography.
Women entertainers.
African American women -- Intellectual life.
African American women -- Intellectual life.
African American women.
Autobiography.
Autobiography.
Autobiography -- Sources.
Women entertainers -- Biography -- History and criticism -- Sources.
African American women authors -- Biography -- History and criticism -- Sources.
African American women authors -- Biography.
African American women authors.
Indexed Term Litteratur Engelsk, amerikansk litteratur.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Study guides.
Study guides.
Added Author Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.)
Added Title I know why the caged bird sings
Other Form: Print version: Megna-Wallace, Joanne, 1954- Understanding I know why the caged bird sings. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998 0313302294 (DLC) 97048576 (OCoLC)37993411
ISBN 0313032106 (electronic book)
9780313032103 (electronic book)
0313302294 (alkaline paper)
9780313302299 (alkaline paper)