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Introduction to Theme 4

"Highly Melanated, Black Girl Never Over-rated":
Fictional Narratives in the Makings of #BlackGirlMagic
​(Theme 4)
Our last unit is devoted to fiction in its array of Black Girl Magical Realisms.  The title of the unit is inspired by the lyrics of Janelle Monae in her 2018 BET performance of "Django Jane" as she sits upon her throne. 

In particular, we are looking at fiction that is about Black girls, is directed towards Black girls, and is written by folk who proudly claim their Black girlhood.  We will begin with school-sanctioned young adult literature and then move into urban fiction.  After that, we will look at comics by Black women and about Black women, particularly Black girlhood.  At the end of this unit, we will read some academic/theoretical texts and bring these readings in dialogue with the novels we have explored.   We will use the authors and characters that we have met in this unit to write with some real heart... and stop asking our professors and the academy for permission to do transformative work.