Daughters Making Sense of African American Literature in Out-of-School Zones by Melvette Melvin-Davis

Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Sep 2019 RSS

Daughters Making Sense of African American Literature in Out-of-School Zones by Melvette Melvin-Davis

Abstract

This article considers the value of young adult literature in the literacy development of adolescents. Her account of an out-of-school reading group for adolescent African American girls illustrates the capacity such spaces have to provide young African American women with opportunities for self-refection, critical inquiry, and personal development, opportunities that may not exist within the… Continue reading Daughters Making Sense of African American Literature in Out-of-School Zones by Melvette Melvin-Davis

Journal: Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
Published: 2019-09-29
Topics: multilingual writers

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