Thick and Other Essays

About this book

Thick: And Other Essays is a collection of essays by the American sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom. The book explores a range of topics, including black womanhood, body image, and McMillan Cottom's experience as a Southern black woman academic. Published in 2019 by The New Press, Thick was a finalist for that year's National Book Award.

Subjects

  • african americans
  • african americans, biography
  • african american sociologists
  • african american sociologists biography
  • african americans social conditions
  • african americans social conditions 21st century
  • african american women
  • african american women biography
  • autobiographies
  • autobiography
  • biographies
  • biography
  • black women
  • conditions sociales
  • essays
  • feminism & feminist theory
  • femmes noires
  • femmes sociologues
  • histoire
  • history
  • noires américaines
  • noirs américains
  • popular culture
  • race relations
  • relations raciales
  • social conditions
  • social science
  • social science / essays
  • social science essays
  • social science / feminism & feminist theory
  • social science feminism & feminist theory
  • social science / popular culture
  • social science popular culture
  • sociologists
  • sociologists, biography
  • sociologists united states biography
  • sociologues
  • sociologues noirs américains
  • united states race relations history 21st century
  • united states social conditions 21st century
  • women, black
  • women sociologists
  • women sociologists united states biography
  • women, united states, biography