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

Garner, Porshe

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Description

Title

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

Author(s)

Garner, Porshe

Issue Date

2013-08-22T16:55:45Z

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Brown, Ruth N.

Department of Study

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Discipline

Educational Policy Studies

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

M.A.

Degree Level

Thesis

Keyword(s)

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

Abstract

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.

Graduation Semester

2013-08

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