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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"Black feminism"”.
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My soul looks back in wonder, how I got over: black women’s narratives on spirituality, sexuality, and informal learning
… of this qualitative study was to explore how two Black women, born 1946 to 1964, discuss their sexuality in relation to their understanding of spirituality and informal learning. Using the Black Feminine Narrative Inquiry framework informed by womanism, Black feminism, and narrative structures …
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Reconstructing Resilience: Including African -American Female Students in Educational Resiliency Research
… methods combine the tenets of postmodernism and Black feminism, for the study of resilience in urban education settings. The findings of the study indicate that the most educationally resilient students were those students who were able to access resources from the family, community, and school …
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“Liberdade, força e dar a volta por cima”: um estudo de caso sobre o Projeto Lugar de Fala na Comunidade de Atendimento Socioeducativo Feminina do Estado da Bahia
… invisibility of marginalized groups, especially Black and poor girls who constitute the majority profile of the Brazilian and Bahian socio-educational system, and anchored in the theoretical contributions of Black feminism and decolonial thought, this research sought to understand how the absence …
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Female slave portrayals in child and young adult historical fiction by African American authors
… to understanding the slave experiences of black women in the United States. A combination of critical race theory and critical black feminism served as the theoretical lenses from which the portrayals were critiqued. The research suggested the importance of understanding the historical …
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Black Lesbian Families and Their Relationships With Their Families of Origin
… using an integrative framework of postmodern feminism, Black feminism, and symbolic interactionism. Findings revealed three major themes: a) Black lesbian couples go through a coming out process as a couple and as individuals, at times, simultaneously; b) Black lesbian families establish and …
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Against Eternity: A Critical Reading of Transhumanism
… finite terms of earthly existence. Building on Black feminism, care theory, and degrowth arguments, I conclude by advancing a countervailing materialism that centers the body’s vital-fatal politics inherent in reproduction.
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Black woman, you are on your own : images of black women in Staffrider short stories, 1978-1982
This dissertation examines the dominant images of Black women presented in the first five years of Staffrider magazine. It limits itself mainly to the analysis of short stories written in the English language. Since most of the contributors were men, many of the stories analysed here are by male …
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Re-visioning Katrina: Exploring Gender in pre- and post-Katrina New Orleans
… must interrogate the cultural conflation of the black female body and the city's legacy to explore what it means and how it situates real black women in social, cultural, and physical landscapes. Using a hybrid theoretical framework informed by Black feminist theory, ecocriticism, critical race …
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(In)humans: Shifting Narratives of Race And Species In Contemporary Fantasy Fiction
… from literary theory, to psychology, to Black feminism, Critical race theory, and post-colonial thought. The dissertation concludes with my thoughts on the future of the fantasy genre vis-à-vis race, and the advantages and disadvantages it has for dealing with this topic as a result of …
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How the lived experiences of black women can be understood through devised theatre informed by psychophysical actor training: an adaptation of the Tadashi Suzuki actor training technique
… training), free writing and the body. I use black feminism, cognitive neuroscience and body theory to account for my lived body, which I then use in performance. Practice and theory informed each other in a cyclical manner in accordance with Practice as Research as a methodology. Therefore, …
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Blues e emancipação em Angela Davis
… dimensions, in the work Blues Legacies and Black Feminism, Davis develops a study that aims to analyze the trajectory of classic blues singers as contributors to the struggle for the emancipation of black people. Then, to delve into the proposed object and understand the analyses developed …
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Bodied knowledges (where our blood is born): maternal narratives and articulations of black women's diaspora identity
… Born): Maternal Narratives and Articulations of Black Women's Diaspora Identity is an intervention in black diasporic criticism and black feminism. It highlights black women's diaspora literature, maternal narratives, and interrogations of identity. I employ a black feminist diaspora literary …
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Present day prophets: defining Black girlhood spirituality in saving our lives hear our truths (SOLHOT)
Present Day Prophets: Defining Black Girlhood Spirituality in Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT) and Beyond is based on nine years of participant observation in the collective, Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT). SOLHOT is a praxis that centers and celebrates Black girlhood through …
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Identity, religion, and clothing : the lives of British Muslim women
… literature and theoretical contributions around Black feminism, particularly Intersectionality, and Islamic feminism as a tool to locate and understand the Muslim women’s identity through the use of dress. The aim of the thesis is to understand how Muslim women make choices about their clothing. …
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Rape: A Settler-Colonial and Anti-Black Project
… and insignificant. Conversely, Indigenous and Black feminist analytics center Indigenous and Black women’s experiences with sexual violence, ultimately pointing to the ways in which rape has been used as a tool to perpetuate heteropatriarchy, settler-colonialism, and anti- Black racism. For …
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Intersectionality and feminist service provision: Power and difference in gender-based violence services
… critical inquiry and a critical praxis rooted in Black feminism and the activism of marginalised groups to dismantle interlocking systems of oppression. Yet the question of how to develop and maintain a critical intersectional praxis has remained open and often secondary to theoretical debates. …
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Specializing in the wholly impossible: A rhetorical analysis of phronesis and kairos in the writings of Nannie Helen Burroughs
… and contradictions inherent in being black and female in America during the first decades of the twentieth century. Burroughs's motto of specializing in impossibility denotes a profound paradox that African American women were able to believe in their own agency despite the virulent …
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Cruising, Crossings & Care: Sounds of Collective Black Girlhood
… that celebrates the complex lived experiences of Black girls with Black girls. In this project, I argue sounds of collective Black girlhood, created in SOLHOT, reveal the importance of collective music-making practices in Black girlhood studies and girl programming. Cruising, Crossings and care, …
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