"""Jazzy Belle Retell/tale"": toward a framework of sonic black girlhood"

This thesis is an exploration of the creation and performance of the song “Jazzy Belle Retell/tale” created by Jessica Robinson, a member of the black girl band, We Levitate. This thesis explores the making of the retell/tale of a popular song by the hip hop group, OutKast as a practice of black girlhood music making. Moreover, this thesis will investigate the use of this music making as a tool for decolonizing research on and about Black girls’ lived experiences and their artistic visions. Ultimately, I seek to develop a language for a framework I am naming, sonic black girlhood to conceptualize the sounded artful lives of Black girlhood experience.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2016

Author dc:creator

• Robinson, Jessica L

• Saving Our Lives, Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT)
• Black Girlhood
• Sonic

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2015 Jessica Robinson

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/89178

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/89178