http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-II).16
10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-II).16
Published : Jun 2023
Representation of White and Black in Maya's I know why the Caged Bird Sings and Lorde's Power: A Comparative Analysis
This study explains the violence, racism, and suffering of black people in Maya's poem I know why the Caged Bird Sings and Lorde's Power. And this research also explores racial injustice, prejudice, discrimination, and Power throughout the poems. Maya Angelou and Audre Lorde are Afro-American poets and writers. The authors sadly explain the suffering and discrimination they faced in the white community. I Know Why Cage Bird Sings and Power are Based on Racism, violence, injustice, and Discrimination. In the power poem, there is a white police officer named Thomas Shea who murdered a black boy named Clifford Glover, who was killed in 1973. The colonizer beats him very badly. In the caged Bird, there was also a white man who treated Maya Angelou badly and raped her only because of her black skin. Subaltern will be the theoretical framework of this research that shows give voice to voiceless people.
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Subaltern, Violence, Racism, Colonizers, Discrimination
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(1) Rani Kalhoro
Lecturer, Department of English, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh, Pakistan.
(2) Waseem Ahmed Lakhmir
Lecturer, Department of English, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh, Pakistan.
(3) Ruqia Bano Mastoi
Lecturer, Department of English, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh, Pakistan.
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APA : Kalhoro, R., Lakhmir, W. A., & Mastoi, R. B. (2023). Representation of White and Black in Maya's I know why the Caged Bird Sings and Lorde's Power: A Comparative Analysis. Global Sociological Review, VIII(II), 147-154. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-II).16
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CHICAGO : Kalhoro, Rani, Waseem Ahmed Lakhmir, and Ruqia Bano Mastoi. 2023. "Representation of White and Black in Maya's I know why the Caged Bird Sings and Lorde's Power: A Comparative Analysis." Global Sociological Review, VIII (II): 147-154 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-II).16
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HARVARD : KALHORO, R., LAKHMIR, W. A. & MASTOI, R. B. 2023. Representation of White and Black in Maya's I know why the Caged Bird Sings and Lorde's Power: A Comparative Analysis. Global Sociological Review, VIII, 147-154.
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MHRA : Kalhoro, Rani, Waseem Ahmed Lakhmir, and Ruqia Bano Mastoi. 2023. "Representation of White and Black in Maya's I know why the Caged Bird Sings and Lorde's Power: A Comparative Analysis." Global Sociological Review, VIII: 147-154
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MLA : Kalhoro, Rani, Waseem Ahmed Lakhmir, and Ruqia Bano Mastoi. "Representation of White and Black in Maya's I know why the Caged Bird Sings and Lorde's Power: A Comparative Analysis." Global Sociological Review, VIII.II (2023): 147-154 Print.
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OXFORD : Kalhoro, Rani, Lakhmir, Waseem Ahmed, and Mastoi, Ruqia Bano (2023), "Representation of White and Black in Maya's I know why the Caged Bird Sings and Lorde's Power: A Comparative Analysis", Global Sociological Review, VIII (II), 147-154
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TURABIAN : Kalhoro, Rani, Waseem Ahmed Lakhmir, and Ruqia Bano Mastoi. "Representation of White and Black in Maya's I know why the Caged Bird Sings and Lorde's Power: A Comparative Analysis." Global Sociological Review VIII, no. II (2023): 147-154. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-II).16