02605nam 2200661 450 991046599450332120200520144314.00-8032-9515-40-8032-9513-8(CKB)3710000000828958(EBL)4644293(OCoLC)956738115(MiAaPQ)EBC4644293(MdBmJHUP)muse53261(Au-PeEL)EBL4644293(CaPaEBR)ebr11248369(CaONFJC)MIL947488(EXLCZ)99371000000082895820160325h20162016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierRomance with voluptuousness Caribbean women and thick bodies in the United States /Kamille Gentles-PeartLincoln :University of Nebraska Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (210 p.)Expanding frontiers: interdisciplinary approaches to studies of women, gender, and sexualityDescription based upon print version of record.0-8032-9080-2 Includes bibliographical references 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.Expanding frontiers.Women, BlackCaribbean AreaWomen immigrantsUnited StatesCaribbean AmericansCultural assimilationBody imageUnited StatesFeminine beauty (Aesthetics)United StatesFeminine beauty (Aesthetics)Caribbean AreaRacismUnited StatesElectronic books.Women, BlackWomen immigrantsCaribbean AmericansCultural assimilation.Body imageFeminine beauty (Aesthetics)Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)Racism305.4896/9729Gentles-Peart Kamille860516MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465994503321Romance with voluptuousness1920045UNINA