Thick And Other Essays

Author(s): Cottom, Tressie McMillan,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 31/10/2019,
Pagination: 256 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: The New Press,
Published By: The New Press,
Book Classification: Popular culture,
Dimensions: 215 x 139 x 15
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781620975879

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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