The Global History of Black Girlhood Field Simmons Duff Webster Bynum Hardback

The Global History of Black GirlhoodAuthor(s): Corinne T. Field, LaKisha Michelle Simmons, S E Duff, Crystal Lynn Webster, Tara Bynum, Anasa Hicks, Lindsey Elizabeth Jones, SA Smythe, Nastassja E Swift, Jennifer L Palmer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252044625, 978-0252044625\nSynopsis\nThe Global History of Black Girlhood boldly claims that Black girls are so important we should know their histories. Yet, how do we find the stories and materials we need to hear Black girls' voices and understand their lives? Corinne T. Field and LaKisha Michelle Simmons edit a collection of writings that explores the many ways scholars, artists, and activists think and write about Black girls' pasts. The contributors engage in interdisciplinary conversations that consider what it means to be a girl; the meaning of Blackness when seen from the perspectives of girls in different times and places; and the wt