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International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education Volume 36, 2023 - Issue 7: Extraordinary Literacies & Empyreal Logics: Regarding The Everyday Praxises Of Black Girls And Women In Schools And Society. Guest Editor: Jeanine Staples-Dixon
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How Black girls hurt: noticing and naming the t/terror narratives accumulated in schools and society [or, a call for a third wave new literacies education for all people, based on the dynamic, triumphant literate lives of Black girls and women]

Jeanine M. Staples-DixonColleges of Education and Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1298-1318 | Received 11 Sep 2022, Accepted 28 Mar 2023, Published online: 21 Jul 2023

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