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Dywanna E. Smith

Transformational Sanctuaries in the Middle Level ELA Classroom

Transformational Sanctuaries in the Middle Level ELA Classroom

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Dywanna Smith's book explores how ELA middle level classrooms can be transformative and liberatory spaces for adolescent Black girls, providing them with a platform to self-examine their intersectional identities and express their resilience in the face of marginalization. Through original narratives and culturally sustaining pedagogies, Smith highlights the impact of anti-Black violence and the importance of literacy sanctuaries in supporting Black girls' resilience and development.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 172 pages
Publication date: 22 March 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd


Drawing from an arts-based research and humanizing methodologies, Dywanna Smith documents transformative and liberatory spaces in ELA middle level classrooms, where students address and counteract discrimination, colorism, sizism, and body shaming. Grounded in an original qualitative study of adolescent Black girls, this book examines how such truth spaces serve as a medium for adolescents to self-examine their intersectional identities and give voice to their resilience in the face of marginalization. Incorporating original narratives, including the author's self-actualizing verse novel and the voices of Black female students, Smith shines a light on new culturally sustaining pedagogies and offers much-needed implications for practice. Smith expertly weaves together poetry, research, and empathy; the result is a pioneering text that urges readers to understand the impact of anti-Black violence and the important role literacy sanctuaries can play in supporting Black girls' resilience and development. The novel in verse at the heart of the volume is not only a provocative and necessary call for transformative change, but also a window into a courageous lived experience. This book is essential reading for pre-service teachers, scholars, and students in literacy education, inclusive education, and teacher education.


Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367355449

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