Description
Book SynopsisWe are living in historic times and negotiating multiple national crises. The confluence of the COVID-19 pandemic and unrelenting state-sanctioned murders of Black people has disproportionately impacted our women and girls at the intersections of employment, citizenship, housing, healthcare, and motherhood statuses. As many individuals rally for liberation on the frontlines, how might educational institutions intervene as sources of respite and reparation?
Historically, racialized sexism in U.S. schools has manifested uniquely for Black girl-identified adolescents (including cisgender, queer, and transgender youth). These learners face heightened exposure to malicious discourses and exclusionary disciplinary policies. Engendering #BlackGirlJoy identifies the teaching practices that equip young Black women to locate, analyze, heal from, and ultimately thrive through the suffering they face inside and outside of schools.
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Trade Review
"Simply stated, Black girls matter! Black girls’ voices, minds, and experiences matter. Thank you, Monique Lane, for elevating the brilliance, genius, and intellect of Black girls. Engendering #BlackGirlJoy is a beautifully crafted book that is powerful, poignant, and hopeful. For educators who are looking to see theory-to-practice driven work that is situated in culture, gender, care, and agency, this is the book!" --Tyrone Howard Pritzker Family Endowed Chair Director of Center for Transformation of Schools Director of UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children & Families UCLA School of Education & Information Studies
Table of Contents
Foreword by Bettina Love – Acknowledgments – Introduction – A Call for Identity Work: Black Feminist Pedagogy and Black Girl Learners – Organized Turmoil: A Struggling School with Boundless Potential – Invisibility and Hyper- Visibility: Perceptions of Black Girls in an Urban School – Unpacking the Pedagogy – Engendering #BlackGirlJoy – Silencing the Ego: Lessons for Developing a Transformative Praxis – Index.
