Black Girlhood Persists: Pecola’s Persistence as Non/Child in Toni Morrison’sThe Bluest Eye1

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size AcknowledgmentsI would like to express my deep gratitude to Dr. Miranda Green-Barteet and Dr. Amanda Allen for their insightful feedback and vision as the editors of this important special issue and acknowledge the hard work of my research assistant, Emily Driscoll. I would also like to thank my doctoral supervisor, Dr. Thy Phu, for her guidance, and my husband, Brian, for his unwavering support. Finally, I would like to dedicate this article to my daughter—you are so loved.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; and Western University's President's Entrance Scholarship and Doctoral Excellence Research Award.