Developing Critical Hip Hop Feminist Literacies: Centrality and Subversion of Sexuality in the Lives of Black Girls

Autor/in	Richardson, Elaine
Titel	Developing Critical Hip Hop Feminist Literacies: Centrality and Subversion of Sexuality in the Lives of Black Girls
Quelle	In: Equity & Excellence in Education, 46 (2013) 3, S.327-341 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-5684
DOI	10.1080/10665684.2013.808095
Schlagwörter	African Americans; Females; African American Culture; Popular Culture; Music; Sexuality; Sexual Harassment; Feminism; Critical Literacy; Dance; Poverty; After School Programs; Clubs; Preadolescents; Participant Observation; Discussion; Interpersonal Communication; Discourse Analysis; Stereotypes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Afroamerikaner; Weibliches Geschlecht; Popkultur; Musik; Sexualität; Sexuelle Belästigung; Feminismus; Kritisches Lesen; Tanz; Armut; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Club; Klub; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Diskussion; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Diskursanalyse; Klischee
Abstract	The present article explores discourses surrounding the bodies of Black women and girls as they engage the meanings of Black womanhood in (American) society in an afterschool setting. Drawing on Black and hip hop feminisms, African American literacies, and critical discourse perspectives, the author analyzes two young girls' narratives, which reveal competing and controlling discourses of Black female sexuality. Bria's narrative of being sexually harassed by older boys while riding the bus is favorably assessed by the community of Black female interlocutors because she projects herself as asexual. Thus, the community of Black females bestows compassion upon her. Assata's narrative shares her budding womanhood and sexuality and is evaluated negatively by the group of Black females. Although both 11-year-old girls and the community of Black female interlocutors enact critical literacies amidst dominating racist, sexist, classist, and patriarchal discourses, their resistance strategies also perpetuate the very dominance they seek to oppose. Juxtaposition and critical analyses of the differential discourses invoked by the two narratives provide insight into the lived experiences of Black women and girls in relation to dominating discourses. As Black women and girls' sexual agency, desire, and early sexualization figure prominently in larger economies of power, knowledge, and society, their embodied and societal knowledge around these issues must be mined for the purposes of self-validation and the creation of new knowledge for collective empowerment (Hill Collins, 1991). Implications for critical literacy research, pedagogy, and theory are presented. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10