Toward Black Girl Futures: Rememorying in Black Girlhood Studies. Issue 3 (1st December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Smith-Purviance, Ashley L.; Jackson, Sara; Harper, Brianna; Merandisse, Jennifer; Smith, Brittney; Hussey, Kim; Lopez, Eliana
• Is Part Of: Girlhood studies. Volume 15:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 67
• Page End: 83
• Publication Date: 2022-12-01
• Subjects: autoethnography -- Black girlhood -- Black girl spaces -- childhood -- community -- narrative; 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.2022.150307
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1938-8209

Abstract

Abstract: Black Girlhood Studies provide an authentic vantage point for the narratives and experiences of young Black girls today. Black women working alongside Black girls play a central role in the development of the field, yet their narratives and experiences as former Black girls remain decentered. Using autoethnography, we describe the experiences of seven community-engaged Black women scholars, including one professor who teaches Black Girlhood Studies courses and is the co-creator of a virtual space for middle school Black girls called Black Girl Magic (BGM), and six undergraduate students who are enrolled in the course and/or serve as BGM co-facilitators. We discuss how teaching, learning, and practicing Black Girlhood Studies shapes a collective rememorying process for Black women seeking to make their girlhood experiences legible.