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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Girlhood Studies"”.
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Cruising, Crossings & Care: Sounds of Collective Black Girlhood
… 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, as sounds of collective Black girlhood created in SOLHOT, resound us towards 1) …
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Visualizing Girlhood: Visibility and the Power of the Black Girl Gaze to Understand Adolescent Girls’ Identity
… to the field of teacher education and Black Girlhood Studies.</p>
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Presencing Settler Colonialism: White Settler Girls’ Engagement with Colonial Violence
… girls are well represented within the field of girlhood studies. However, there exists a silence in the girlhood literature vis-à-vis the ways that white settler girls maintain and resist systems of colonial injustice. Everything that is known about white, North American girlhood is, therefore, …
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Transgressngroove: an exploration of black girlhood, the body, and education
… culture, the Black female body, and Black girlhood. This study foregrounds Black female bodies; mine particularly, to illumine the schooling and educational experiences of Blackgirls. It names silence, stereotyping, and shame as trends of Black girlhood and documents how they play out in …
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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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Archiving the "Sweet" Candy-Loving Matinee Girl: Fashion, Confectionaries, and Fan Scrapbooking in Urban American Culture, 1880-1915
… In contextualizing the matinee girl within girlhood studies, theatre history, performance studies and fandom, I examine how this modern girlfrom a wage-earning immigrant to a middle-class college studentco-existed in public spaces and disrupted power structures and class lines. Chapter one …
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A Framework for Black Girl Transitions Across Space and Time: Sint Maarten as a Case Study
… is a transitional period between Afro-Caribbean girlhood and woman/adulthood that is distinctly different from girlhood and from woman/adulthood. Herein I examine at what point in the lives of Afro-Caribbean girls, do they feel like they have entered adulthood. I also examine what kinds of media …
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Magical Girls: Contemporary Girlhood in Children’s Fantasy
… looks at the construction of contemporary girlhood through a material feminist reading of selected children’s fantasy texts about magical girls. My central argument is that these texts deploy tropes of magical power and transformation to prompt considerations of girlhood as constructed by …
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Critical Black feminist mentorship: A review of a middle school and university-sponsored program for adolescent Black girls
<p>This dissertation study aims to illuminate the creation of safe spaces for marginalized youth through mentorship initiatives. Likewise, the study examines the roles of mentorship programs in transforming the lives of Black adolescent girls by providing them with tools to change the narratives …