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Stories of Resilience in Childhood: The Narratives of Maya Angelou, Maxine Hong Kingston, Richard Rodriguez, John Edgar Wideman, and Tobias Wolff (Children of Poverty) (Library Binding)

~ Danie Challener (Author) "What helps a child overcome extraordinary obstacles?..." (more)
Key Phrases: black ugly dream, five autobiographies, childhood autobiography, John Wideman, Richard Rodriguez, Maya Angelou (more...)

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In order to study resilience in children, the author examines five autobiographical narratives which deal extensively with childhood difficulties: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Woman Warrior, Hunger of Memory, Brothers and Keepers , and This Boy's Life . In analyzing these stories, he draws

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Library Binding: 216 pages
Publisher: Routledge (June 1, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0815328001
ISBN-13: 978-0815328001
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,661,114 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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What helps a child overcome extraordinary obstacles? Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
black ugly dream, five autobiographies, childhood autobiography, analyzing prose, childhood autobiographies, resilient child, woman warrior, deconstructive critics, building resilience, reciprocal activity

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John Wideman, Richard Rodriguez, Maya Angelou, Hunger of Memory, Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Tobias Wolff, Brave Orchid, Maxine Hong Kingston, United States, Robby Wideman, Uncle Willie, Hiding Place, University of Pennsylvania, Fifth Chinese Daughter, John Edgar Wideman, Pecola Breedlove, The Bluest Eye, Bertha Flowers, Boy Scouting, Edmund Perry, Bette Wideman, Chinese American, Emmy Werner, Jade Snow Wong, San Francisco

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This book cites 100 books:

Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir by John Edgar Wideman on 31 pages
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston on 23 pages
Hunger of Memory : The Education of Richard Rodriguez by Richard Rodriguez on 21 pages
Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas on 5 pages
Fifth Chinese Daughter by Jade Snow Wong on 5 pages

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3 books cite this book:

Getting By on the Minimum: The Lives of Working Class Women by Jennife Johnson in Back Matter
The Life Writing of Otherness: Woolf, Baldwin, Kingston, and Winterson (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory) by Lauren Rusk in Back Matter
Getting By on the Minimum: The Lives of Working-Class Women by Jennife Johnson in Back Matter

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