{"product_id":"9781666960198","title":"Convenient Discrimination Crips, Queers, and Other Misfits","description":"\u003ch1\u003eConvenient Discrimination\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCrips, Queers, and Other Misfits\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eD. Travers Scott\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSOC076000\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhile social oppression is typically framed in terms of prejudice and hate, D. Travers Scott contends that discrimination against marginalized groups is often rooted in a shockingly banal perspective: they simply get in the way.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing primarily on disabled persons and queer persons in addition to other marginalized demographics including non-Christians and the aged, this book draws on histories and discourses of industrialization, technology, and modernist ideals of efficiency to propose a theory of \u003ci\u003ediscriminatory convenience\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConvenient Discrimination\u003c\/i\u003e places representations of queerness and disability in media texts ranging from Appalachian folk songs to \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre \u003c\/i\u003e(1974) within the context of both historic and contemporary discussions surrounding health, media, technology, and social movements to form a variety of compelling case studies. These analyses are further bolstered by Scott's own autoethnographic accounts as a queer, formerly disabled activist-scholar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book skillfully combines media studies and archival research to articulate a nuanced cultural politics of convenient discrimination, ultimately demonstrating the utility of \u003ci\u003einconvenience\u003c\/i\u003e as an analytic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eD. Travers Scott\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Media and Communication at Emory \u0026amp; Henry University, USA.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666960198\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669691793548,"sku":"9781666960198","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_d2bdc18e-ec20-4a0a-880b-4b71c36a84c7.jpg?v=1785203545","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781666960198","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}