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Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture (PB) (2021)

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An empowering and celebratory portrait of Black women--from Josephine Baker to Aunt Viv to Cardi B.

Powerful... Calling for Black women (in and out of the public eye) to be treated with empathy, Blay's pivotal work will engage all readers, especially fans of Mikki Kendall's Hood Feminism. --Kirkus (Starred)

In 2013, film and culture critic Zeba Blay was one of the first people to coin the viral term #carefreeblackgirls on Twitter. As she says, it was "a way to carve out a space of celebration and freedom for Black women online."

In this collection of essays, Carefree Black Girls, Blay expands on this initial idea by delving into the work and lasting achievements of influential Black women in American culture--writers, artists, actresses, dancers, hip-hop stars--whose contributions often come in the face of bigotry, misogyny, and stereotypes. Blay celebrates the strength and fortitude of these Black women, while also examining the many stereotypes and rigid identities that have clung to them. In writing that is both luminous and sharp, expansive and intimate, Blay seeks a path forward to a culture and society in which Black women and their art are appreciated and celebrated.


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Author:
Zeba Blay
ISBN 10:
1250231566
Pages:
272
Publisher:
St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date:
October 19, 2021
Binding:
Paperback
Weight:
0.44lbs

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