Renewed Possibilities: Showcasing the Lived Realities of Black Girls using Ethnopoetics. Issue 1 (1st March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Smith, Dywanna
• Is Part Of: Girlhood studies. Volume 15:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 50
• Page End: 70
• Publication Date: 2022-03-01
• Subjects: Women of Color -- poetry -- literacies -- teacher education -- teachers of color -- writing; Girls -- Periodicals; Girls -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Girls -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Girls -- Education -- Periodicals; Girls -- Sexual behavior -- Periodicals; Girls -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals; Women's studies -- Periodicals; 305.23082
• DOI: 10.3167/ghs.2022.150105
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1938-8209

Abstract

Abstract: In this article, I explore how ethnopoetics can be a profound research methodology and can also offer a pathway to self-actualization. When ethnopoetics is combined with a Black feminist/womanist theoretical framework, it allows for Black girls to self-define and self-validate their existence. The verse novel provides an opportunity to communicate Black girls' and women's feelings and experiences to researchers and educators in accessible ways. It also serves as a platform to grieve, praise, love, and grow. Such work stands in marked contrast to dominant narratives of Black girlhood.