ingest cdrApp 2019-01-28T20:35:47.382Z ea8bf0a0-2b23-445d-a69d-fefd5e5d3db8 modifyDatastreamByValue RELS-EXT fedoraAdmin 2019-01-28T20:36:44.223Z Setting exclusive relation addDatastream MD_TECHNICAL fedoraAdmin 2019-01-28T20:36:57.382Z Adding technical metadata derived by FITS addDatastream MD_FULL_TEXT fedoraAdmin 2019-01-28T20:37:23.478Z Adding full text metadata extracted by Apache Tika modifyDatastreamByValue RELS-EXT fedoraAdmin 2019-01-28T20:37:48.373Z Setting exclusive relation modifyDatastreamByValue MD_DESCRIPTIVE cdrApp 2019-02-01T16:25:19.311Z modifyDatastreamByValue MD_DESCRIPTIVE cdrApp 2019-02-28T01:32:36.076Z modifyDatastreamByValue MD_DESCRIPTIVE cdrApp 2019-03-19T20:50:15.806Z Elizabeth Greenlee Author Department of English and Comparative Literature College of Arts and Sciences Homeplaces and Spaces: Black and Brown Feminists and Girlhood Geographies of Agency During the late 20th and early 21st centuries, noted Chicana feminists such Gloria Anzaldúa and Pat Mora, as well as Black feminists like Octavia Butler and bell hooks frequently turned to children’s literature or youth-centric literature as a means to confront social injustice in American society. My dissertation considers this literary investment in Black and Brown girlhoods by examining feminist-authored children’s picture books, middle-grade and youth-centric literary novels featuring girl protagonists. Specifically, I examine how Black, Chicana and Mexican American feminist writers consistently render girlhood in relation to geography. Not limiting my investigation to geopolitical bodies, I pay particular attention to everyday spatial terrains such as the girls’ homes, schools, community centers, and playgrounds. These seemingly ordinary spaces of girlhood merge public and private and constitute key sites for nation building. They also provide fertile ground for the development of Black and Brown girl spatial citizenship: girl-centered, critical vantage points from which readers may view operations of power and privilege. Building upon work in feminist geography and adding age to theorizations of intersectionality and oppositional consciousness, I trace how this girlhood-geography alignment reframes the girls’ social and political marginalization to reveal the situated, embodied knowledge and liberating worldviews produced within these spatial contexts. By attending to the landscapes of literary girlhoods, my dissertation ultimately argues that these girl-centered narratives constitute a neglected archive of feminist thought, a creative yet compelling vehicle through which Black, Chicana and Mexican American feminist authors imagine community, resist inequity, and theorize broader social change. Winter 2019 2019 American literature Ethnic studies Women's studies Black Feminism, Chicana Feminism, Children's and Young Adult Literature, Geography, Girlhood Studies, Intersectionality eng Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution English and Comparative Literature Laura Halperin Thesis advisor María DeGuzmán Thesis advisor James Coleman Thesis advisor Daniel Anderson Thesis advisor Minrose Gwin Thesis advisor Jennifer Ho Thesis advisor text Elizabeth Greenlee Creator Department of English and Comparative Literature College of Arts and Sciences Homeplaces and Spaces: Black and Brown Feminists and Girlhood Geographies of Agency During the late 20th and early 21st centuries, noted Chicana feminists such Gloria Anzaldúa and Pat Mora, as well as Black feminists like Octavia Butler and bell hooks frequently turned to children’s literature or youth-centric literature as a means to confront social injustice in American society. My dissertation considers this literary investment in Black and Brown girlhoods by examining feminist-authored children’s picture books, middle-grade and youth-centric literary novels featuring girl protagonists. Specifically, I examine how Black, Chicana and Mexican American feminist writers consistently render girlhood in relation to geography. Not limiting my investigation to geopolitical bodies, I pay particular attention to everyday spatial terrains such as the girls’ homes, schools, community centers, and playgrounds. These seemingly ordinary spaces of girlhood merge public and private and constitute key sites for nation building. They also provide fertile ground for the development of Black and Brown girl spatial citizenship: girl-centered, critical vantage points from which readers may view operations of power and privilege. Building upon work in feminist geography and adding age to theorizations of intersectionality and oppositional consciousness, I trace how this girlhood-geography alignment reframes the girls’ social and political marginalization to reveal the situated, embodied knowledge and liberating worldviews produced within these spatial contexts. By attending to the landscapes of literary girlhoods, my dissertation ultimately argues that these girl-centered narratives constitute a neglected archive of feminist thought, a creative yet compelling vehicle through which Black, Chicana and Mexican American feminist authors imagine community, resist inequity, and theorize broader social change. 2019-12 2019 American literature Ethnic studies Women's studies Black Feminism; Chicana Feminism; Children's and Young Adult Literature; Geography; Girlhood Studies; Intersectionality eng Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution English and Comparative Literature Laura Halperin Thesis advisor María DeGuzmán Thesis advisor James Coleman Thesis advisor Daniel Anderson Thesis advisor Minrose Gwin Thesis advisor Jennifer Ho Thesis advisor text Elizabeth Greenlee Creator Department of English and Comparative Literature College of Arts and Sciences During the late 20th and early 21st centuries, noted Chicana feminists such Gloria Anzaldúa and Pat Mora, as well as Black feminists like Octavia Butler and bell hooks frequently turned to children’s literature or youth-centric literature as a means to confront social injustice in American society. My dissertation considers this literary investment in Black and Brown girlhoods by examining feminist-authored children’s picture books, middle-grade and youth-centric literary novels featuring girl protagonists. Specifically, I examine how Black, Chicana and Mexican American feminist writers consistently render girlhood in relation to geography. Not limiting my investigation to geopolitical bodies, I pay particular attention to everyday spatial terrains such as the girls’ homes, schools, community centers, and playgrounds. These seemingly ordinary spaces of girlhood merge public and private and constitute key sites for nation building. They also provide fertile ground for the development of Black and Brown girl spatial citizenship: girl-centered, critical vantage points from which readers may view operations of power and privilege. Building upon work in feminist geography and adding age to theorizations of intersectionality and oppositional consciousness, I trace how this girlhood-geography alignment reframes the girls’ social and political marginalization to reveal the situated, embodied knowledge and liberating worldviews produced within these spatial contexts. By attending to the landscapes of literary girlhoods, my dissertation ultimately argues that these girl-centered narratives constitute a neglected archive of feminist thought, a creative yet compelling vehicle through which Black, Chicana and Mexican American feminist authors imagine community, resist inequity, and theorize broader social change. 2019 2019-12 American literature Ethnic studies Women's studies Black Feminism; Chicana Feminism; Children's and Young Adult Literature; Geography; Girlhood Studies; Intersectionality eng Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution English and Comparative Literature Laura Halperin Thesis advisor María DeGuzmán Thesis advisor James Coleman Thesis advisor Daniel Anderson Thesis advisor Minrose Gwin Thesis advisor Jennifer Ho Thesis advisor text Elizabeth Greenlee Creator Department of English and Comparative Literature College of Arts and Sciences During the late 20th and early 21st centuries, noted Chicana feminists such Gloria Anzaldúa and Pat Mora, as well as Black feminists like Octavia Butler and bell hooks frequently turned to children’s literature or youth-centric literature as a means to confront social injustice in American society. My dissertation considers this literary investment in Black and Brown girlhoods by examining feminist-authored children’s picture books, middle-grade and youth-centric literary novels featuring girl protagonists. Specifically, I examine how Black, Chicana and Mexican American feminist writers consistently render girlhood in relation to geography. Not limiting my investigation to geopolitical bodies, I pay particular attention to everyday spatial terrains such as the girls’ homes, schools, community centers, and playgrounds. These seemingly ordinary spaces of girlhood merge public and private and constitute key sites for nation building. They also provide fertile ground for the development of Black and Brown girl spatial citizenship: girl-centered, critical vantage points from which readers may view operations of power and privilege. Building upon work in feminist geography and adding age to theorizations of intersectionality and oppositional consciousness, I trace how this girlhood-geography alignment reframes the girls’ social and political marginalization to reveal the situated, embodied knowledge and liberating worldviews produced within these spatial contexts. By attending to the landscapes of literary girlhoods, my dissertation ultimately argues that these girl-centered narratives constitute a neglected archive of feminist thought, a creative yet compelling vehicle through which Black, Chicana and Mexican American feminist authors imagine community, resist inequity, and theorize broader social change. 2019 2019-12 American literature Ethnic studies Women's studies Black Feminism; Chicana Feminism; Children's and Young Adult Literature; Geography; Girlhood Studies; Intersectionality eng Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School Degree granting institution Laura Halperin Thesis advisor María DeGuzmán Thesis advisor James Coleman Thesis advisor Daniel Anderson Thesis advisor Minrose Gwin Thesis advisor Jennifer Ho Thesis advisor text Greenlee_unc_0153D_18287.pdf uuid:5de83cd1-103e-44c5-88a3-eecd8e1a3c9c 2021-01-28T00:00:00 2019-01-20T15:38:22Z proquest application/pdf 1048987