Black girlhood celebration: The political courage of Black girls and women in everyday experiences

Bridging critical pedagogy, hip-hop and education, hip-hop feminism, and literature on Black girlhood, this thesis shows how Black girls in Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT), a community of girls and women in Illinois, make sense of the images they receive through hip-hop. Specifically, I explore the ways in which the girls, who range from 11 to 42, are more than spectators of hip-hop but participants who make critical judgments beyond just good or bad critiques using the hip- hop influenced SOLHOT ritual ‘Check-In’. Based on analysis of ‘Check In,’ I developed the concept of ‘Flow-Storytelling’ to explain Black girls' usage of hip-hop to (re) create and tell their own story or narrative in any way they so choose.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Policy Studies

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2013

Author dc:creator

• Garner, Porshe

Contributors dc:contributor

• Brown, Ruth N.

• Black girls
• Hip hop
• Check-in
• Critical pedagogy
• Hip hop pedagogy

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2013 by Porshé R. Garner All Rights Reserved

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/45623

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/45623