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

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Gentles-Peart, Kamille [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780803295131
9780803295155

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

HQ1501 .R663 2016

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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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