Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-134) and index.
Contents:
Mother wit : humor in Afro-American women's autobiography / Lucinda H. MacKethan -- The black woman : a focus on "strength of character" in I know why the caged bird sings / Shirley J. (S.J.) Cordell-Robinson -- An interview with Maya Angelou / Carol E. Neubauer -- Simone de Beauvior and Maya Angelou : birds of a feather / Joanne Megna-Wallace -- Myth and history : discourse of origins and Zora Neale Hurston and Maya Antelou / Elizabeth Fox-Genovese -- A (sub)version of the American dream in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings / Bonnie Braendlin -- When the caged bird laughs : humor in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings / Ian Marshall -- Maya Angelou : lessons in living / Marcia Ann Gillespie -- The way we were : precious memories of the black segregated south / Onita Estes-Hicks -- When the difference becomes too great : images of the self and survival in a postmodern world / Cassie Premo-Steele -- Searching for a self in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings / Dana Chamblee-Carpenter -- Growing up with Maya Angelou and Sindwe Magona : a comparison / Siphokazi Koyana and Rosemary Gray -- A consersation with Maya Angelou at 75 / Lucinda Moore -- A discursive trifecta : community, education, and language in I know why the caged bird sings / Clarence Nero.
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