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

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Th e "Th ick Black Woman": Racialized Body Politics and the Marginalization of Black Women -- 2. Constructing Diasporic Identity: Black Caribbean Women's Self- Representation and Cultural Citizenship -- 3. Unrequited Romance: Black Caribbean Beauty Ideals and Discontent in the United States -- 4. Transgressive Discourses: Negotiating the Thin Hegemony and Negative Physical Capital -- 5. Embodying Diaspora: Centering Thick Bodies in Black Women's Diasporic Experiences -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Th e "Th ick Black Woman": Racialized Body Politics and the Marginalization of Black Women -- 2. Constructing Diasporic Identity: Black Caribbean Women's Self- Representation and Cultural Citizenship -- 3. Unrequited Romance: Black Caribbean Beauty Ideals and Discontent in the United States -- 4. Transgressive Discourses: Negotiating the Thin Hegemony and Negative Physical Capital -- 5. Embodying Diaspora: Centering Thick Bodies in Black Women's Diasporic Experiences -- Notes -- References -- Index