Black Girlhood Celebration: Toward a Hip-Hop Feminist Pedagogy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781433100741)

This book passionately illustrates why the celebration of Black girlhood is essential. Based on the principles and practices of a Black girl-centered program, it examines how performances of everyday Black girlhood are mediated by popular culture, personal truths, and lived experiences, and how the discussion and critique of these factors can be a great asset in the celebration of Black girls. Drawing on scholarship from women's studies, African American studies, and education, the book skillfully joins poetry, autobiographical vignettes, and keen observations into a wholehearted, participatory celebration of Black girls in a context of hip-hop feminism and critical pedagogy. Through humor, honesty, and disciplined research it argues that hip-hop is not only music, but also an effective way of working with Black girls. Black Girlhood Celebration recognizes the everyday work many young women of color are doing, outside of mainstream categories, to create social change by painting an unconventional picture of how complex - and necessary - the goal of Black girl celebration can be.

Author: Sharon R. Mazzarella, Ruth Nicole Brown
ISBN-10: 1433100746
ISBN-13: 9781433100741
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 11/06/2008
Pages: 163
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 238