Black Girlhood Celebration: Toward a Hip-Hop Feminist Pedagogy - Couverture souple

Brown, Ruth Nicole

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1433100746 ISBN 13 : 9781433100741

Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2008

Synopsis

This book passionately illustrates why the celebration of Black girlhood is essential. Based on the principles and practices of a Black girl-centered program, it examines how performances of everyday Black girlhood are mediated by popular culture, personal truths, and lived experiences, and how the discussion and critique of these factors can be a great asset in the celebration of Black girls. Drawing on scholarship from women's studies, African American studies, and education, the book skillfully joins poetry, autobiographical vignettes, and keen observations into a wholehearted, participatory celebration of Black girls in a context of hip-hop feminism and critical pedagogy. Through humor, honesty, and disciplined research it argues that hip-hop is not only music, but also an effective way of working with Black girls. Black Girlhood Celebration recognizes the everyday work many young women of color are doing, outside of mainstream categories, to create social change by painting an unconventional picture of how complex – and necessary – the goal of Black girl celebration can be.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Author : Ruth Nicole Brown is Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1433100746
• ISBN 13: 9781433100741
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
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• Personne responsable: non disponible