Kamille Gentles-Peart
Biographic Data
| ID | 926319 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kamille Gentles-Peart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kamille |
| FAMILY NAME | Gentles-Peart |
| SIGNATURE | GENTLES-PEART K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Roger Williams University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2404-9437 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Thick Black women and misogynoir in the Caribbean
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 d…
Fearfully and wonderfully made”: Black Caribbean women and the decolonization of thick Black female bodies
Black feminists promote decolonization as a strategy to recuperate Black women’s dignity and humanity from racist colonialist ideologies. In order to fully explore Black women’s emancipation, Black feminists have to explicitly consider how Black women break away from the ways in which thick Black female bodies have been defined by dominant white colonial cultures, and how Black women of different ethnicities engage in their own recovery of volupt…
Brand Jamaica: Reimagining a National Image and Identity
Brand Jamaica: Reimagining a National Image and Identity
Controlling Beauty Ideals: Caribbean Women, Thick Bodies, and White Supremacist Discourse
This article explores the ways in which anti-black-woman body politics manifest themselves in the lives of Caribbean women living in the United States. Specifically, using the personal narratives of black Caribbean immigrant women, I examine these women's encounters with ideologies that marginalize them based on their bodies and preserve contemporary anti-black-woman ideologies in "post-racial" United States. This study addresses two areas that a…
Fiwi TV: ’ Ethnic media and the West Indian diaspora
This article explores the Caribbean International Network (CIN), analyzing the ideological work it performs for West Indian audiences within the cultural, socio-political and economic contexts in which it operates. I identify the specific messages that the network proffers to its audiences, and the subsequent image of the Caribbean being constructed through its rhetoric and content. The analysis of the network specifically entails assessment of i…
Controlling Beauty Ideals: Caribbean Women, Thick Bodies, and White Supremacist Discourse
This article explores the ways in which anti-black-woman body politics manifest themselves in the lives of Caribbean women living in the United States. Specifically, using the personal narratives of black Caribbean immigrant women, I examine these women's encounters with ideologies that marginalize them based on their bodies and preserve contemporary anti-black-woman ideologies in "post-racial" United States. This study addresses two areas that a…
Fearfully and wonderfully made”: Black Caribbean women and the decolonization of thick Black female bodies
Black feminists promote decolonization as a strategy to recuperate Black women’s dignity and humanity from racist colonialist ideologies. In order to fully explore Black women’s emancipation, Black feminists have to explicitly consider how Black women break away from the ways in which thick Black female bodies have been defined by dominant white colonial cultures, and how Black women of different ethnicities engage in their own recovery of volupt…
Fiwi TV: ’ Ethnic media and the West Indian diaspora
This article explores the Caribbean International Network (CIN), analyzing the ideological work it performs for West Indian audiences within the cultural, socio-political and economic contexts in which it operates. I identify the specific messages that the network proffers to its audiences, and the subsequent image of the Caribbean being constructed through its rhetoric and content. The analysis of the network specifically entails assessment of i…
Controlling Beauty Ideals: Caribbean Women, Thick Bodies, and White Supremacist Discourse
This article explores the ways in which anti-black-woman body politics manifest themselves in the lives of Caribbean women living in the United States. Specifically, using the personal narratives of black Caribbean immigrant women, I examine these women's encounters with ideologies that marginalize them based on their bodies and preserve contemporary anti-black-woman ideologies in "post-racial" United States. This study addresses two areas that a…
Brand Jamaica: Reimagining a National Image and Identity
Brand Jamaica: Reimagining a National Image and Identity
Fearfully and wonderfully made”: Black Caribbean women and the decolonization of thick Black female bodies
Black feminists promote decolonization as a strategy to recuperate Black women’s dignity and humanity from racist colonialist ideologies. In order to fully explore Black women’s emancipation, Black feminists have to explicitly consider how Black women break away from the ways in which thick Black female bodies have been defined by dominant white colonial cultures, and how Black women of different ethnicities engage in their own recovery of volupt…
Thick Black women and misogynoir in the Caribbean
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 d…
Caribbean history, culture, and politics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Ideology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · America (2 works) · Black feminism (2 works) · Black women (2 works) · Caribbean & West Indies (2 works)