Strong and large black women? Exploring relationships between deviant womanhood and weight

Gender and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-121

  Beauboeuf Lafontant, Tamara ^a  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black feminist theory; Black women; Body image; Eating disorders; Feminist theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037256334     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243202238981     Document Type: Review

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