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Keeping it in the community

Creating safe spaces for black girlhood

Bibliographic Data

ID2171963
AuthorsDebbie Weekes (a Open University , London , UK)
Year2003
Volume6
Issue1
Pages47-61
Publication date2003-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunity Work & Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1366-8803 • E-ISSN: 1469-3615
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1366880032000063897
OpenAlexW2014144801
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited14

This article argues that for some young women black cultural forms and the means through which these forms are interpreted have come to symbolise a wider 'black community' going beyond physical or geographical boundaries. Taken from conversations held with groups of young African Caribbean women in 1995, the paper discusses the nature of this at times one-dimensional 'community'. Through highlighting the processes of exclusion/inclusion involved in the way young black women understand 'community', it is suggested that a definition of black identity should place black women at the centre rather than at the margins of issues about black experiences. Cet article démontre que pour certaines jeunes femmes, les formes culturelles black 'black=d'origine afro-caraïbéenne' et les moyens par lesquels ces formes sont interprétées, ont pris une forme qui symbolise une 'communauté black' plus large qui s'étend au delà des frontières physiques ou géographiques. Extrait des conversations avec des groupes de jeunes femmes d'origine afro-caraïbéennes, cet article discute la nature de cette 'communauté' parfois unidimensionnelle. En soulignant les processus d'inclusion et d'exclusion impliqués dans la manière dont les jeunes femmes comprennent le terme 'communauté', la discussion propose une définition de l'identité 'Black' qui situe les femmes Black au centre plutôt qu'à la périphérie des enjeux et des préoccupations de ce que c'est que le 'blackness

Art · Ethnology · Humanities · Identity (music · Inclusion (mineral · Inclusion–exclusion principle · Political science · Sociology · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Critical Race Theory in Education · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · Gender Studies

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Unique citing works5
Citations per year0,25
Citation span2006 - 2020 (15)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 5

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