Oooh, It’s Sooo Good!!!: Black Adolescent Females Experiencing the Delicacy of Reading

Authors

Jacqueline B. Koonce, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-26-2017

Abstract

Black adolescent females have largely been neglected in the research literature on their avid reading. While Gibson (2010) explained that Black girls are often portrayed in the literature as struggling and even “remedial” readers, those Black adolescent females who are avid readers receive even less attention. The purpose of this study, then, was to investigate the voracious reading proclivities of this population in order to provide a balanced view of Black adolescent females’ reading lives. The findings of this phenomenological study indicate that these five participants go beyond loving reading; they crave it. The meaning of reading for these participants is caught up in their relationships with role models, preference for solitude while reading, and the desire for social interactions after having read texts. This study is significant because it provides a different perspective on the traditional literacy of Black adolescent females.

Comments

Original published version available at https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol22/iss3/13

Recommended Citation

Koonce, J. B. (2017). Oooh, It’s Sooo Good!!!: Black Adolescent Females Experiencing the Delicacy of Reading. The Qualitative Report, 22(3), 873-894. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2017.2513

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First Page

873

Last Page

894

Publication Title

The Qualitative Report

DOI

https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2017.2513