Black Girls Matter: Black Feminisms and Rita Williams-Garcia's One Crazy Summer Trilogy

Autor/in	Henderson, Mary J.
Titel	Black Girls Matter: Black Feminisms and Rita Williams-Garcia's One Crazy Summer Trilogy
Quelle	In: Children's Literature in Education, 50 (2019) 4, S.431-448 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0045-6713
DOI	10.1007/s10583-018-9358-6
Schlagwörter	African Americans; Females; Childrens Literature; Racial Discrimination; Gender Discrimination; Critical Theory; Race; Feminism; Novels; African American Literature + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Afroamerikaner; Weibliches Geschlecht; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Racial bias; Rassismus; Kritische Theorie; Rasse; Abstammung; Feminismus; Novel; Roman
Abstract	Media platforms frequently report on "Black Lives Matter" in order to raise awareness about institutional racism. However, these platforms often focus on African American male teenagers (Trayvon Martin in a hoodie and "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" for Michael Brown). Noticeably absent are images of Black girls. As a response to these male-focused images, the hashtag movement #BlackGirlsMatter draws attention to the injustices Black girls face. Unfortunately, the reach of this hashtag movement is limited; only select outlets mention the significance of #BlackGirlsMatter. This limited reach is problematic given that many public schools--where many Black girls experience oppression--are still unaware of the institutional racism within their own policies and procedures. In order for educators and children to become cognizant of the systematic oppression at the intersection of race and gender, they must read texts that clearly align with cultural theories, such as Critical Race Theory and Black feminism, in order to potentially empower young readers. This article demonstrates how Black feminist theory can provide a useful framework for exploring the nuances of children's novels, using Rita Williams-Garcia's One Crazy Summer trilogy as an example. "One Crazy Summer" (Amistad, New York, 2010), "P.S. Be Eleven" (Amistad, New York, 2013), and "Gone Crazy in Alabama" (2015) contain representations of Black women and girls that assist readers in recognizing and naming systematic racism and sexism so that they may become more aware of paths for social justice. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01