Homegirls and Handgrenades
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Homegirls and Handgrenades is a poetry collection by Sonia Sanchez that explores Black womanhood, social justice, and urban life through politically charged, experimental verse.
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| Homegirls and Handgrenades canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Homegirls and Handgrenades Context triple: [Sonia Sanchez, notableWork, Homegirls and Handgrenades]
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Beautiful Girls
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Some Girls
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Homegirls and Handgrenades Target entity description: Homegirls and Handgrenades is a poetry collection by Sonia Sanchez that explores Black womanhood, social justice, and urban life through politically charged, experimental verse.
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A.
Bad Girls
"Bad Girls" is a 1979 disco hit album by Donna Summer, widely regarded as one of her signature works and a landmark of the disco era.
-
B.
The Girls on the Bridge
The Girls on the Bridge is a famous painting by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch depicting three women standing on a bridge in a vivid, emotionally charged landscape.
-
C.
Beautiful Girls
Beautiful Girls is a 1996 ensemble romantic dramedy film about a group of small-town friends reuniting for a high school reunion and confronting their stalled lives and relationships.
-
D.
My Girls
"My Girls" is a song by Christina Aguilera from her 2010 electro-pop album *Bionic*, blending dance-pop production with themes of female camaraderie and empowerment.
-
E.
Some Girls
"Some Girls" is a 1978 studio album by The Rolling Stones that marked a gritty, revitalized sound blending rock, punk, and disco influences and became one of their most commercially successful and critically acclaimed releases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Sonia Sanchez ⓘ |
| awarded | American Book Award ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| exploresTheme |
Black womanhood
ⓘ
social justice ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
ⓘ
feminist literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | female ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | African-American urban communities ⓘ |
| hasForm |
free verse
ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ performance-oriented poetry ⓘ prose poetry ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalOrientation |
Black feminist
ⓘ
radical ⓘ |
| hasReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
empowerment
ⓘ
identity ⓘ resistance ⓘ solidarity among women ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Black Power movement
ⓘ
Black oral tradition ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
civil rights movement
jazz aesthetics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
experimental verse
ⓘ
politically charged poetry ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| movement | Black Arts Movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
representation of Black women’s experiences
ⓘ
use of Black English and oral traditions ⓘ |
| partOf | Sonia Sanchez bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Thunder’s Mouth Press
ⓘ
surface form:
Thunder's Mouth Press
|
| subjectMatter |
community activism
ⓘ
family ⓘ love ⓘ racism ⓘ sexism ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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