Why I hate Abercrombie & Fitch
Subtitle: essays on race and sexuality
By: Dwight A. McBride.
Publisher: New York University
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: African Americans -- Study and teaching.; African Americans -- Intellectual life.; African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-; Racism -- United States.; Sex role -- United States.; Sexual orientation -- United States.; United States -- Race relations.
Other titles: Why I hate Abercrombie and Fitch
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the new Black Studies, or beyond the old 'race man'; title: Straight Black Studies; title: Why I hate Abercrombie & Fitch; title: It's a white man's world : race in the gay marketplace of desire; title: On race, gender, and power : the case of Anita Hill; title: Feel the rage : a personal remembrance of the 1992 Los Angelos uprising; title: Ellen's coming out : media and public hype; title: Affirmative action and white rage; title: Speaking the unspeakable : on Toni Morrison, African American intellectuals, and essentialist rhetoric; title: Cornel West and the rhetoric of race transcending; title: Can the queen speak? : sexuality, racial essentialism, and the problem of authority.