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Romance with voluptuousness : Caribbean women and thick bodies in the United States / Kamille Gentles-Peart.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780803295131
  • 9780803295155
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HQ1501 .R663 2016
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Constructing diasporic identity: black Caribbean women's self-representation and cultural citizenship -- Unrequited romance: black Caribbean beauty ideals and discontent in the United States -- Transgressive discourses: negotiating the thin hegemony and negative physical capital -- Embodying diaspora: centering thick bodies in black women's diasporic experiences.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

The "thick black woman": racialized body politics and the marginalization of black women -- Constructing diasporic identity: black Caribbean women's self-representation and cultural citizenship -- Unrequited romance: black Caribbean beauty ideals and discontent in the United States -- Transgressive discourses: negotiating the thin hegemony and negative physical capital -- Embodying diaspora: centering thick bodies in black women's diasporic experiences.

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