| Romance with Voluptuousness: Caribbean Women and Thick Bodies in the United States Subjects: Women Black -- Caribbean Area; Immigrant women -- United States; Caribbean Americans -- Cultural assimilation; Body image -- United States; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- United States; Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- Caribbean Area; Racism -- United St; Offering a unique vantage point from which to view black women's body image and Caribbean migration, Romance with Voluptuousness illuminates how first- and second-generation immigrant black Caribbean women engage with a thick body aesthetic while living in the United States. Kamille Gentles-Peart is an associate professor of communication and media studies at Roger Williams University. She is the coeditor of Re-constructing Place and Space: Media, Culture, Discourse, and the Constitution of Caribbean Diasporas . |