Romance with voluptuousness : Caribbean women and thick bodies in the United States /
Gentles-Peart, Kamille,
Romance with voluptuousness : Caribbean women and thick bodies in the United States / Kamille Gentles-Peart. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource. - Expanding frontiers: interdisciplinary approaches to studies of women, gender, and sexuality .
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.
9780803295131 9780803295155
Women, Black--Caribbean Area.
Women immigrants--United States.
Caribbean Americans--Cultural assimilation.
Body image--United States.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--United States.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--Caribbean Area.
Racism--United States.
Electronic Books.
HQ1501 / .R663 2016
Romance with voluptuousness : Caribbean women and thick bodies in the United States / Kamille Gentles-Peart. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource. - Expanding frontiers: interdisciplinary approaches to studies of women, gender, and sexuality .
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.
9780803295131 9780803295155
Women, Black--Caribbean Area.
Women immigrants--United States.
Caribbean Americans--Cultural assimilation.
Body image--United States.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--United States.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--Caribbean Area.
Racism--United States.
Electronic Books.
HQ1501 / .R663 2016