Manifestations of Racial Discrimination as Shown in selected Poems by Maya Angelou | ||
| Beni-Suef University International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences | ||
| Article 4, Volume 2, Issue 1, June 2020, Pages 67-92 PDF (1.46 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/buijhs.2020.88844 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hanaa Khalifa Mohamed Eid1; Mohamed Mohamed Enani2; Shaymaa Sayed Abdel Aatty3 | ||
| 1Teaching Assistant in English Literature, Beni-Suef University , Egypt | ||
| 2Professor of English Literature, Cairo University, Egypt | ||
| 3Lecturer in English Literature, Beni-Suef University , Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research aims to highlight the unique existence of black women as they go on their daily lives in a land in which tyranny over women is still evident. Maya Angelou is a poet who presents the existence of being black, poor, and female. She speaks in a voice for oppressed African-American women and men as she says, that she: “writes for anyone in a cage”. Her political works are characterized by a spirit of survival and success, and she presents it with such eloquent singing. A close reading of Angelou’s poetry reveals themes grounded in racism, sexism, and class distinction. This study aims at reading the poetry of Angelou as a resistance to the racist and sexist prejudices that affected the African community. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Maya Angelou; African American; Racism; Racial Discrimination; Black feminism | ||
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