Romance with voluptuousness : Caribbean women and thick bodies in the United States /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gentles-Peart, Kamille (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Series:Expanding frontiers.
Subjects:
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.
Femmes noires > Caraïbes (Région)
Immigrantes > États-Unis.
Américains d'origine antillaise > Acculturation.
Image du corps > États-Unis.
Beauté féminine (Esthétique) > États-Unis.
Beauté féminine (Esthétique) > Caraïbes (Région)
Racisme > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Body image
Caribbean Americans > Cultural assimilation
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Racism
Women, Black
Women immigrants
Caribbean Area
United States
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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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