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

TextSeries: Expanding frontiersPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (210 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780803295155 (e-book)

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Romance with voluptuousness : Caribbean women and thick bodies in the United States.DDC classification:

305.4896/9729 23

LOC classification:

HQ1501 .G467 2016

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Contents:

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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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