Understanding I know why the caged bird sings : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents /

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 con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Megna-Wallace, Joanne, 1954-
Autor Corporativo: Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
Colección:Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series.
Temas:
Angelou, Maya. > I know why the caged bird sings > Examinations > Study guides.
Angelou, Maya > Contributions in autobiography.
Angelou, Maya.
I know why the caged bird sings (Angelou, Maya)
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
Écrivains américains > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Écrivains noirs américains > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Femmes artistes du spectacle > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Noires américaines > Vie intellectuelle.
Autobiographie.
Autobiographie > Sources.
Femmes artistes du spectacle > Biographies > Histoire et critique > Sources.
Écrivaines noires américaines > Biographies > Histoire et critique > Sources.
autobiography (genre)
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
African American authors > Biography.
African American women authors > Biography.
Authors, American > Biography.
Examinations.
Women entertainers > Biography.
Litteratur > Engelsk, amerikansk litteratur.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Sources.
Study guides.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 189 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0313032106
9780313032103
ISSN:1074-598X

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