The Embodiment of Disobedience explores the ways in which the African Diaspora has rejected the West's efforts to impose imperatives of slenderness and mass mar

This is an insightful and essential new volume for academics and professionals interested in the lived experience of those who struggle with disordered eating.

Working Juju examines how fantastical and unreal modes are deployed in portrayals of the Caribbean in popular and literary culture as well as in the visual arts

A parody of Gone with the wind, this novel tells the story of Cynara, the mulatto half-sister born into slavery who eventually triumphs.

Provides an examination of the use of civil disobedience in classic literary works.