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020 _z9780803290808 (cloth : alk. paper)
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_b.G467 2016
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100 1 _aGentles-Peart, Kamille,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aRomance with voluptuousness
_h[electronic resource] :
_bCaribbean women and thick bodies in the United States /
_cKamille Gentles-Peart.
260 _aLincoln :
_bUniversity of Nebraska Press,
_c[2016]
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (pages cm.)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aExpanding frontiers: interdisciplinary approaches to studies of women, gender, and sexuality
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe "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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aRacism
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aFeminine beauty (Aesthetics)
_zCaribbean Area.
650 0 _aFeminine beauty (Aesthetics)
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aBody image
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aCaribbean Americans
_xCultural assimilation.
650 0 _aImmigrant women
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWomen, Black
_zCaribbean Area.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/47574/
945 _aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Complete
945 _aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Latin American and Caribbean Studies
945 _aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Global Cultural Studies
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