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UNINA9910798409403321 |
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Autore |
Gentles-Peart Kamille |
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Titolo |
Romance with voluptuousness : Caribbean women and thick bodies in the United States / / Kamille Gentles-Peart |
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Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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0-8032-9515-4 |
0-8032-9513-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Collana |
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Expanding frontiers: interdisciplinary approaches to studies of women, gender, and sexuality |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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