Thick Black women and misogynoir in the Caribbean
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies
Publication Date
1-1-2024
Abstract
It is well documented that thick Black female bodies are idealized in Afro-Caribbean communities. However, there is also a long and deep history of oppression of thick Black women in Caribbean spaces based on their race, gender, and body shape and size, which continues to inform the lives of thick Black women in postcolonial Caribbean societies. This paper is an exploratory, grounded analysis of thick Black women’s quotidian experiences in this dialectic, explicitly focusing on Jamaica. Using Caribbean research methodologies situated in decolonial feminist epistemologies, I explore the everyday realities of voluptuous Black women who have to negotiate white Eurocentric body discourses in contemporary Jamaican society. The study foregrounds the voices of thick Black women as they articulate their own lived realities with navigating ‘misogynoir’ in Jamaican public spaces.
DOI
10.1080/17442222.2024.2426112
Recommended Citation
Gentles-Peart, K. (2024). Thick Black women and misogynoir in the Caribbean. Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies https://doi.org/10.1080/17442222.2024.2426112
ISSN
17442222
E-ISSN
17442230
