03303nam 2200709Ia 450 991097420650332120200520144314.09781438433288143843328X97814416741661441674160(CKB)2560000000067919(OCoLC)670429703(CaPaEBR)ebrary10574019(SSID)ssj0000420290(PQKBManifestationID)11929587(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000420290(PQKBWorkID)10391734(PQKB)10307869(MdBmJHUP)muse1725(Au-PeEL)EBL3407158(CaPaEBR)ebr10574019(DE-B1597)682294(DE-B1597)9781438433288(MiAaPQ)EBC3407158(Perlego)2671689(EXLCZ)99256000000006791920100122d2010 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrImagining Black womanhood the negotiation of power and identity within the Girls Empowerment Project /Stephanie D. Sears1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20101 online resource (205 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9781438433264 1438433263 9781438433271 1438433271 Includes bibliographical references and index.Girls Empowerment Project -- Controlling "the urban girl" -- GEP's culture of empowerment -- GEP's organizational structure and power matrix -- Africentric womanism meets decent girl femininity -- Dance lessons -- Conclusion : imagining Black womanhood, imagining social change.Imagining Black Womanhood illuminates the experiences of the women and girls of the Girls Empowerment Project, an Afrocentric, womanist, single sex after-school program located in one of the Bay Area's largest and most impoverished housing developments. Stephanie Sears carefully examines the stakes of the complex negotiations of Black womanhood for both the girls served by the project and for the women who staffed it. Rather than a multigenerational alliance committed to women's and girls' empowerment, the women and girls often appeared to struggle against each other, with the girls' "politics of respect" often in conflict with the staff's "politics of respectability," a conflict especially highlighted in the public contexts of dance performances. This ground-breaking case study offers significant insights into practices of resistance, identity work, youth empowerment, cultural politics and organizational power.WomanismUnited StatesAfrican American girlsWomen, BlackUnited StatesIdentity (Philosophical concept)WomanismAfrican American girls.Women, BlackIdentity (Philosophical concept)305.23089/96073Sears Stephanie D.1964-1806730MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974206503321Imagining Black womanhood4356073UNINA