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Publication Date: 2019-Jun
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Blackgirl Face: Racialized and Gendered Performativity in Mathematical Contexts
Gholson, Maisie L.; Martin, Danny B.
ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, v51 n3 p391-404 Jun 2019
While race, class, and gender are often treated as well-defined and static identities within mathematics education research, we explore gender, race and class as performances through the case of a middle school Black girl, Cameryn. Scenes from video artifacts are deconstructed using a hermeneutic process to reveal how Cameryn positions herself as a seemingly disinterested, resistant mathematics student through a façade we call "blackgirl face." Blackgirl face not only reflects the particularities of Black girlhood for Cameryn but provides a new conceptual lens for understanding mathematics learning as a performance, requiring and enabling children to simultaneously negotiate race, class, and gender.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Gender Differences, Hermeneutics, Race, Social Class, Middle School Students, Females, African American Students, Learning Processes, Self Concept, Mathematics Education, Educational Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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