{"product_id":"why-i-hate-abercrombie-dwight-mcbride-9780814756867","title":"Why I Hate Abercrombie \u0026 Fitch: Essays on Race and Sexuality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReflections on the ways discriminatory hiring practices and racist ad campaigns seep into American life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy hate Abercrombie? In a world rife with human cruelty and oppression, why waste your scorn on a popular clothing retailer? The rationale, Dwight A. McBride argues, lies in \"the banality of evil,\" or the quiet way discriminatory hiring practices and racist ad campaigns seep into and reflect malevolent undertones in American culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcBride maintains that issues of race and sexuality are often subtle and always messy, and his compelling new book does not offer simple answers. Instead, in a collection of essays about such diverse topics as biased marketing strategies, black gay media representations, the role of African American studies in higher education, gay personal ads, and pornography, he offers the evolving insights of one black gay male scholar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As adept at analyzing affirmative action as dissecting Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, McBride employs a range of academic, journalistic, and autobiographical writing styles. Each chapter speaks a version of the truth about black gay male life, African American studies, and the black community. Original and astute, \u003cb\u003eWhy I Hate Abercrombie \u0026amp; Fitch\u003c\/b\u003e is a powerful vision of a rapidly changing social landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dwight McBride\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814756867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814756867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.02w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/20\/2004 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2004 pg. 720","brand":"Dwight McBride","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926449324287,"sku":"9780814756867","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_be058a79-66ce-419c-bb72-5acbf56e1154.jpg?v=1681083139","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/why-i-hate-abercrombie-dwight-mcbride-9780814756867","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}