The elevation of Black Girls’ hair: An analysis of visual representations in Children’s picturebooks

IF 1.3 4区教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy Pub Date : 2022-05-22 DOI:10.1177/14687984221093243

Reka C Barton, Darielle Blevins, Marva Cappello

引用次数: 3

Abstract

This article utilizes Black girlhood as a framework in a critical multimodal qualitative inquiry to explore the complexities of representations of Black girls’ hair, in picturebooks. Using a data corpus of 55 picturebooks published between 2010–2020, the authors analyzed the multimodal messages embedded in the initial introductions of Black girl protagonists. The findings suggest that contemporary children’s literature represents a broad array of Black girls’ hair, even when the central message is not about hair, denoting the importance of this cultural representation in assertions of identity. Findings suggest that the theme of elevation was demonstrated across the corpus, and was further expressed in the subthemes of; (1) salience of hair, (2) physical elevation of hair, and (3) importance of hair.

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黑人女孩头发的高度:儿童绘本的视觉表现分析

这篇文章利用黑人少女时代作为一个框架，在一个关键的多模态定性调查探索黑人女孩的头发，在图画书的复杂性表征。使用2010-2020年间出版的55本绘本的数据语料库，作者分析了黑人女孩主角最初介绍中包含的多模态信息。研究结果表明，当代儿童文学代表了各种各样的黑人女孩的头发，即使其中心信息与头发无关，也表明了这种文化表现在断言身份方面的重要性。研究结果表明，整个语料库都表现出升高的主题，并进一步表现在以下的子主题中;(1)头发的显著性，(2)头发的物理高度，(3)头发的重要性。

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Journal of Early Childhood Literacy EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

5.00

自引率

12.50%

发文量

期刊介绍： Journal of Early Childhood Literacy is a fully peer-reviewed international journal. Since its foundation in 2001 JECL has rapidly become a distinctive, leading voice in research in early childhood literacy, with a multinational range of contributors and readership. The main emphasis in the journal is on papers researching issues related to the nature, function and use of literacy in early childhood. This includes the history, development, use, learning and teaching of literacy, as well as policy and strategy. Research papers may address theoretical, methodological, strategic or applied aspects of early childhood literacy and could be reviews of research issues. JECL is both a forum for debate about the topic of early childhood literacy and a resource for those working in the field. Literacy is broadly defined; JECL focuses on the 0-8 age range. Our prime interest in empirical work is those studies that are situated in authentic or naturalistic settings; this differentiates the journal from others in the area. JECL, therefore, tends to favour qualitative work but is also open to research employing quantitative methods. The journal is multi-disciplinary. We welcome submissions from diverse disciplinary backgrounds including: education, cultural psychology, literacy studies, sociology, anthropology, historical and cultural studies, applied linguistics and semiotics.