All About Black Girl Love in Education

<p>Drawing from bell hooks' 1999 book <i>All About Love</i> this volume builds on theories of love as they relate to Black Girlhood in education shedding light on educational practices rooted in love and exploring strategies for centering Black girls and love in Grades K-12.</p><p>Bringing together voices of scholars poets and visual artists who theorize Black Girlhood the collection pays particular attention to practices acts communities and pedagogies of love. An antidote to the physical emotional and psychological violence to which Black girls in the United States are subjected on a daily basis at the hands of those who work in schooling environments it shows how teachers school leaders community educators and researchers might use love as a framework for changing the narrative and experiences of Black girls. Crucially though in conversation with negative aspects of how Black girls experience school it argues for a shift in perspective that highlights the myriad of ways Black girls do and can receive love within schooling spaces.</p><p>Read through one of the most influential Black feminist scholars of all time it presents a novel alternative to the dearth of research that focuses on the violence neglect and exclusion Black girls experience in schools expands the scholarship on Black girls (re)centers love in the work that educators do and connects theoretical orientations that characterize Black girl love to practice both in and outside of classrooms. It will appeal to scholars researchers and educators working in the fields on urban education race and ethnicity in education gender studies literacy multicultural education and diversity and equity in education.</p>