Contributions by Irene Auma, Joi Cardwell, Shanina Carmichael, Lacretia 'Cre' Dye, Love Ashleie Elaine, Jo-Jo Jackson, Saisha Lacon, Sariane Leigh, Tamia A. McEwen, Donna Noble, Jewell Singletary, and Linda Wells Black Girls Om Too focuses on Black yoginis and the spaces in which their bodies are allowed to live digitally, narratively, and ......
Contributions by Irene Auma, Joi Cardwell, Shanina Carmichael, Lacretia 'Cre' Dye, Love Ashleie Elaine, Jo-Jo Jackson, Saisha Lacon, Sariane Leigh, Tamia A. McEwen, Donna Noble, Jewell Singletary, and Linda Wells Black Girls Om Too focuses on Black yoginis and the spaces in which their bodies are allowed to live digitally, narratively, and ......
Girlhood and Adolescence in the Twenty-First-Century Southern Novel explores six works by contemporary Southern women writers, each featuring a girl protagonist navigating complex personal and cultural challenges rooted in the American South. These twenty-first-century portrayals mark a significant shift from earlier depictions of Southern ......
Throughout the history of slavery in the Americas, music carried messages of survival, rebellion, and solidarity. Enslaved people composed songs that were far more than laments-they were calls for liberty and revolution, celebrating heroes like Gabriel Prosser and Nat Turner and the triumph of the Haitian Revolution. Alongside these songs, ......
The Transformative Possibilities of Latinx Youth Literatures
Facing Uncertain Futures: The Transformative Possibilities of Latinx Youth Literatures challenges the notion that the futures of Latinx youth are predetermined. While systemic inequities persist, author Cristina Rhodes shows how children's and young adult literature envision futures filled with possibility, resistance, and renewal. In these ......
Documentary Film in Latin America and the Caribbean
Contributions by Rudyard J. Alcocer, Christopher L. Ballengee, Lazaro J. Gonzalez, Koby Bryan Hansen, Kim Johnson, Shweta Kishore, Sinah Theres Kloss, Gabriela Martinez, Thomas Matusiak, Maria Fernanda Mino, Rachel Moseley-Wood, Bernardo Oliveira, Rupa Pillai, Ana Patricia Rodriguez, Keya Saxena, Lisa Tomlinson, Vuk Vukovic, and Bartosz Wojcik ......
Too often, when women in literary texts come of age, they die. Instead of entering an adulthood full of possibility, female characters time and again follow the path charted by Ophelia and drown, either literally in waters they cannot navigate or metaphorically in a society that does not allow them to construct their own stories. Eudora ......
Black Music and the Recording Industry in Shreveport
Avenue Breakdown uncovers the rich yet often overlooked legacy of Black music in Shreveport, Louisiana-a city better known for country tunes and the Louisiana Hayride. This compelling history shines a spotlight on the city's vibrant postwar scene, where blues, R&B, jazz, soul, funk, and gospel thrived in Black neighborhoods despite the pressures ......
Black Music and the Recording Industry in Shreveport
Avenue Breakdown uncovers the rich yet often overlooked legacy of Black music in Shreveport, Louisiana-a city better known for country tunes and the Louisiana Hayride. This compelling history shines a spotlight on the city's vibrant postwar scene, where blues, R&B, jazz, soul, funk, and gospel thrived in Black neighborhoods despite the pressures ......