Understanding I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Understanding I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents(The Greenwood Press "Literature in Context" Series)

Understanding I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents(The Greenwood Press "Literature in Context" Series)


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Table of Contents:
Introduction 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 From James P. Comer, "The Dynamics of Black and White Violence From The Mob Still Rides: A Review of the Lynching Record, 1931-1935 From the Arkansas Gazette: "Young Negro Lynched at Lepanto" (1936) and "Negro Lynched by Mob at Crossett" (1932) "Tech 'Er Off, Charlie," in Tom E. Terrill and Jerrold Herisch, eds., Such as Us: Southern Voices of the Thirties (1978) Segregated Schools: An Institutional Method of Social Control From Ina Corinne Brown, National Survey of the Higher Education of Negroes (1942) From Charles S. Johnson, Growing Up in the Black Belt (1941) From U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education, "The Public School System of Arkansas" (1923) From Edward E. Redcay, County Training Schools and Public Secondary Education for Negroes in the South (1935) From Charles S. Johnson, Growing Up in the Black Belt (1941) The African-American Church From Harry V. Richardson, Dark Glory (1947) From Charles S. Johnson, Growing Up in the Black Belt (1941) From Ralph A. Felton, These My Brethren: A Study of 570 Negro Churches and 1542 Negro Homes in the Rural South (1950) From James H. Cone, The Spirituals and the Blues: An Interpretation (1972) From U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Religious Bodies: 1936 (1941) The African American Family and Other Role Models From Abram Kardiner and Lionel Ovesey, The Mark of Oppression: Explorations in the Personality of the American Negro (1951) From New York Times: "Thousands in Harlem Celebrate Louis Victory" (1935) From Eva Mueller and William Ladd, Negro-White Differences in Geographic Mobility (1964) Child Sexual Abuse From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Sexual Abuse: Incest, Assault and Sexual Exploitation (1981) Censorship From Attacks on the Freedom to Learn: 1996 Report (1996) From Banned Books Week Resource Guide, 1997 (1997) From Attacks on the Freedom to Learn: 1996 Report (1996) From the [Alabama] Decatur Daily (1995-1996) Bibliographic Essay Chronology of Maya Angelou's Career Index

About the Author :
JOANNE MEGNA-WALLACE is Professor of Humanities at Bradford College in Bradford, Massachusetts, where she teaches French and women's literature. She is the author of articles on Maya Angelou, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Simone de Beauvoir. Her current interests include francophone and ethnic literatures, especially African American women's literature.

Review :
?[A] welcome addition to a growing series of studies devoted solely to enhancing the reader's comprehension of a single author's work....[a]n extremely useful tool for teachers and students....[t]his study not only expands our understanding of Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, but it allows us to judge the work on its own merits.?-Journal of African American History ?Megna-Wallace does an admirable job of putting Angelou's first autobiography in historical context, using the socio-political atmosphere surrounding I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as a means of explaining Angelou's and others' actions as characters in the book...well written and beneficial.?-VOYA "ÝA¨ welcome addition to a growing series of studies devoted solely to enhancing the reader's comprehension of a single author's work....Ýa¨n extremely useful tool for teachers and students....Ýt¨his study not only expands our understanding of Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, but it allows us to judge the work on its own merits."-Journal of African American History "Megna-Wallace does an admirable job of putting Angelou's first autobiography in historical context, using the socio-political atmosphere surrounding I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as a means of explaining Angelou's and others' actions as characters in the book...well written and beneficial."-VOYA "[A] welcome addition to a growing series of studies devoted solely to enhancing the reader's comprehension of a single author's work....[a]n extremely useful tool for teachers and students....[t]his study not only expands our understanding of Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, but it allows us to judge the work on its own merits."-Journal of African American History


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  • ISBN-13: 9780313032103
  • Publisher: Greenwood Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Greenwood Press
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: The Greenwood Press "Literature in Context" Series
  • ISBN-10: 0313032106
  • Publisher Date: 25 Jun 1998
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 208
  • Sub Title: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents


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