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ERIC Number: EJ1274042
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Dec
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1086-296X
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Exploring Black Girls' Subversive Literacies as Acts of Freedom
Kelly, Lauren Leigh
Journal of Literacy Research, v52 n4 p456-481 Dec 2020
Research on Black girls' and women's literacies reveals how they utilize literacy practices to resist oppression and define their identities. Yet, these practices are frequently absent from or marginalized in formalized schooling spaces. In addition, Black girlhood is rarely placed at the center of equity interventions in schools. As the history of activism in the United States is tied to Black women's struggles for freedom, research and practice involving racial equity must be attentive to the literacies and activism of Black girls. Grounded in Black feminist theory, this article describes a longitudinal study of the critical consciousness development of two young Black women as they engaged in distinct literacy practices to navigate and resist racial oppression in high school. The author analyzes interviews as well as literacy artifacts to explore how these girls enacted critical, digital, and subversive literacies to challenge intersecting oppressions of race and gender in a predominantly White, suburban school.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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