Table of Contents

• Foreword: Making Fire with Light
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Theorizing Black Girlhood
• Chapter 2: Contesting Black Girlhoods beyond Northern Borders: Exploring a Black African Girl Approach
• Chapter 3: The Politics of Black Girlhood and a Ratchet Imaginary
• Chapter 4: Ah Suh Yuh Bad?: How Bad Gyals Are Revolutionizing How Black Girls Resist and Transcend Toxicity during Girlhood
• Chapter 5: Role Models Matter: Black Girls and Political Leadership Possibilities
• Chapter 6: Pushing the Limits in Black Girl Centered Research: Exploring the Methodological Possibilities of Melt Magazine
• Chapter 7: Self-Care and Community: Black Girls Saving Themselves
• Chapter 8: “Take the Kinks out Your Mind, Not Your Hair”: The Politics of Black Canadian Girl’s Hair and Self-Love
• Chapter 9: “We Need a Seat at the Table”: Black Girls Using New Media to Construct Black Identity
• Chapter 10: “Canon: Brown Eyes, Frizzy Hair and Very Clever”: Fan Art, Fan Activism and Black Hermione Granger
• Afterword: A Meditation on (Re)imagining a World with Black Girls
• Contributor Biographies
• Index

About the Author

Aria S. Halliday is Assistant Professor of Africana Feminisms in Women's Studies at the University of New Hampshire. Her research spans the fields of American studies; African American studies; women's, gender, and sexuality studies; and cultural studies.

Reviews

“This groundbreaking collection brings together some of the most brilliant emerging and leading scholars in Black Girlhood Studies. Offering both intellectually rigorous and deeply affective insights, this collection shows us why we need Black Girlhood Studies and how to do it well. This is the collection Black girls deserve.” -Dr. Treva Lindsey, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University