Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch
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Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch: Essays on Race and Sexuality is a work authored by Dwight A. McBride that examines ethno-relational customs within contemporary gay African American communities, incorporating perspectives from black, feminist, and queer cultural frameworks. The collection is committed to weaving together themes of sexuality and race within the scope of black and queer scholarship.
Publication history
The volume was released during McBride’s tenure as dean of the Graduate School at Northwestern University, where he also chaired the Department of African American Studies between 2002 and 2007. It was issued by New York University Press.
Content
Structured into three principal parts—"Queer Black Thought," "Race and Sexuality on Occasion," and "Straight Black Talk"—the book delves into the complex intersections among race, sexuality, class, and gender. The essays, often drawing from personal experience, address topics ranging from the "ghettoization of black men in gay male porn" to broader cultural critiques such as the influence of the retailer Abercrombie & Fitch on gay African-American males. McBride is recognized for his expertise in connecting LGBT issues with racial discourse, shedding light on both areas in a nuanced manner.
Reception
This book has been incorporated into the curriculum of queer studies[1][2][3], as well as being assigned in various university courses across institutions[4][5][6]. Additionally, McBride has appeared as a guest lecturer at multiple academic institutions where he discussed themes related to race and sexuality within the American context.[7][8][9]
Rinaldo Walcott's critique published in GLQ: A Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies highlights that McBride’s interdisciplinary essays blend black studies with queer theory to provoke both disciplines into addressing their overlooked issues, central debates, and authoritative assertions.[10]
In her evaluation for Women's Studies Quarterly, Khary Polk described the book’s fusion of "polemic and erotic memoir" as crafting "a lithe intellectual portrait of a black gay Christian man's journey into academe."[11]
Awards
This anthology of essays, recognized for its modern cultural analysis, was shortlisted for both the 2006 Lambda Literary Award and the 2006 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Additionally, it received the Passing The Torch accolade from New York University Press.
Selected reviews
- Tyler Bradway, College Literature, Fall 2006, Vol. 33 Issue 4, pages 223–225.
References
- ↑ Currah, Professor P.; Professor A. Mukherjea (May 3, 2006). "Introduction to LBGTQ Studies" (PDF). Brooklyn College. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ↑ Banks, Dr. Ingrid (Fall 2005). "Gender and Sexuality, BLST 133" (PDF). University of California, Santa Barbara. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 2, 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ↑ Gutierrez, Javier; Stachia Ullmann; Kristen Falde (Fall 2006). "Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender People in Literature and Film". Hamline University. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ↑ Raimondo, Dr. Meredith (Spring 2007). "Oberlin College, Dr. Meredith Raimondo, CAST 412". Oberlin College. Archived from the original on September 1, 2013. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ↑ Balay, Professor Anne (Spring 2007). "Gender, Sexuality, and Literature, English 117". University of Illinois at Chicago. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ↑ Woo, Deborah (Spring 2006). "CMMU STU 156 Corporate Culture, Structure, and Race". UC Santa Cruz. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ↑ "2005-2006 Speakers Series: Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies". Washington State University. February 6, 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ↑ ""Race, Faith, and Sexuality" co-presented by Program in Africana Studies and the Department of Religious Studies". University of Miami Department of English. February 6, 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ↑ "Rethinking Secularism in an Age of Belief". The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. 2005. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ↑ Walcott, Rinaldo (2006-05-10). "The New African American Studies: Blackening Queer Studies and Sexing Black Studies". GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. 12 (3): 510–513. doi:10.1215/10642684-2005-010. ISSN 1527-9375. S2CID 143876388.
- ↑ Polk, Khary (2007). "Review of Why I Hate Abercrombie and Fitch: Essays on Race and Sexuality in America". Women's Studies Quarterly. 35 (1/2): 310–314. JSTOR 27649678.
External links
- Why I Hate Abercrombie and Fitch on Google Books