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I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou.
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- ISBN: 0394429869
- Physical Description: 281 p. 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c1969.
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| General Note: | Autobiography. |
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| Subject: | Angelou, Maya > Biography. African American women authors > 20th century > Biography. Entertainers > United States > Biography. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldwater Branch | 921 ANGELOU, MAYA (Text) | 35401424354180 | Display | Available | - |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Table of Contents
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Editor's Note | p. vii | |
| Introduction | p. 1 | |
| The Song of a Caged Bird: Maya Angelou's Quest After Self-Acceptance | p. 3 | |
| Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Black Autobiographical Tradition | p. 15 | |
| Role-Playing as Art in Maya Angelou's """"Caged Bird"""" | p. 25 | |
| Death as a Metaphor of Self in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | p. 31 | |
| The Daughter's Seduction: Sexual Violence and Literary History | p. 47 | |
| Call and Response: Intertextuality in Two Autobiographical Works by Richard Wright and Maya Angelou | p. 69 | |
| Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Paths to Escape | p. 81 | |
| A Song of Transcendence: Maya Angelou | p. 93 | |
| Con Artists and Storytellers: Maya Angelou's Problematic Sense of Audience | p. 111 | |
| Someplace to Be a Black Girl | p. 141 | |
| Reembodying the Self: Representations of Rape in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | p. 153 | |
| Maya Angelou is Three Writers: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | p. 167 | |
| Learning to Live: When the Bird Breaks from the Cage | p. 173 | |
| Chronology | p. 181 | |
| Contributors | p. 185 | |
| Bibliography | p. 187 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 189 | |
| Index | p. 191 |
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