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"""Jazzy Belle Retell/tale"": toward a framework of sonic black girlhood"

Robinson, Jessica L

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Title
"""Jazzy Belle Retell/tale"": toward a framework of sonic black girlhood"
Author(s)
Robinson, Jessica L
Issue Date
2015-10-26
Department of Study
Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp
Discipline
Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Level
Thesis
Keyword(s)
  • Saving Our Lives, Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT)
  • Black Girlhood
  • Sonic
Abstract
This thesis is an exploration of the creation and performance of the song “Jazzy Belle Retell/tale” created by Jessica Robinson, a member of the black girl band, We Levitate. This thesis explores the making of the retell/tale of a popular song by the hip hop group, OutKast as a practice of black girlhood music making. Moreover, this thesis will investigate the use of this music making as a tool for decolonizing research on and about Black girls’ lived experiences and their artistic visions. Ultimately, I seek to develop a language for a framework I am naming, sonic black girlhood to conceptualize the sounded artful lives of Black girlhood experience.
Graduation Semester
2015-12
Type of Resource
text
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Copyright 2015 Jessica Robinson

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