Thick and Other Essays

In eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom - award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed - is unapologetically 'thick': deemed 'thick where I should have been thin, more where I should have been less,' McMillan Cottom refuses to shy away from blending the personal with the political, from bringing her full self and voice to the fore of her analytical work.In eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom - award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed - is unapologetically 'thick': deemed 'thick where I should have been thin, more where I should have been less,' McMillan Cottom refuses to shy away from blending the personal with the political, from bringing her full self and voice to the fore of her analytical work. Collected in an indispensable volume that speaks to the everywoman and the erudite alike, these unforgettable essays never fail to be 'painfully honest and

Product details

• Authors: Tressie McMillan Cottom, Cottom Tressie McMillan, Tressie McMillan Cottom
• Publisher: New press usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781620975879
• ISBN: 978-1-62097-587-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Society and culture: general, Feminism and feminist theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Social discrimination and social justice