Why I hate Abercrombie & Fitch : essays on race and sexuality

by Dwight A. McBride

Paper Book, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies / McBride

Publication

New York : New York University, c2005.

Description

Why 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. McBride 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 represen

Call number

Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies / McBride

Language

ISBN

9780814756867

Awards

Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — 2005)
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Nominee — Nonfiction — 2006)
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