The Black girlhood studies collection / edited by Aria S. Halliday.

"The Black Girlhood Studies Collection is the first volume dedicated to the burgeoning academic field of Black Girlhood Studies. Centering the experiences of Black girls in Canada, the US, the Caribbean, and the African continent, established and new scholars provide the theoretical, practical, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Halliday, Aria S., 1990- (Editor)
Brown, Ruth Nicole (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Vancouver : Women's Press, an imprint of CSP Books Inc., 2019.
Subjects:
Children, Black.
Children, Black > Social conditions.
Children, Black > Social life and customs.
Women, Black.
Women, Black > Social conditions.
Women, Black > Social life and customs.
African American girls.
African American girls > Social conditions.
African American girls > Social life and customs.
Enfants noirs.
Enfants noirs > Conditions sociales.
Enfants noirs > Mœurs et coutumes.
Femmes noires.
Femmes noires > Conditions sociales.
Femmes noires > Mœurs et coutumes.
Filles noires américaines.
Filles noires américaines > Conditions sociales.
Filles noires américaines > Mœurs et coutumes.
Physical Description:xii, 302 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Issued also in electronic formats.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword : Fire with light / Ruth Nicole Brown
  • Introduction / Aria S. Halliday
  • Theorizing Black girlhood / Ashley L. Smith
  • Contesting Black girlhood(s) beyond northern borders : exploring a Black African girl approach / Jen Katshunga
  • The politics of Black girlhood and a ratchet imaginary / Amoni Thompson-Jones
  • Ah suh yuh bad? : how bad gyals are revolutionizing how Black girls resist and transcend toxicity during girlhood / Kimberley Moore
  • Role models matter : Black girls and political leadership possibilities / Wendy Smooth and Elaine Richardson
  • Pushing the limits in Black girl-centred research : exploring the methodological possibilities of Melt magazine / Sheri K. Lewis
  • Self-care and community : Black girls saving themselves / Caroline K. Kaltefleiter and Karmelisha M. Alexander
  • "Take the kinks out your mind, not your hair" : the politics of Black Canadian girls' hair and self-love / Shaunasea Brown
  • "We need a sear at the table" : Black girls using new media to construct Black identity / Kisha McPherson
  • "Canon : brown eyes, frizzy hair and very clever" : fan art, fan activism, and Black Hermione Granger / Megan Connor
  • Afterword : A meditation on (re)imagining a world with Black girls / Claudine "Candy" Taaffe
  • Contributor biographies
  • Index.