{"product_id":"the-viral-underclass-the-human-toll-when-inequality-and-disease-collide-9781250796646","title":"The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 PEN\/JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDALS FOR EXCELLENCE**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**WINNER OF THE 2022 POZ AWARD FOR BEST IN LITERATURE**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Sarah Schulman named \u003ci\u003eThe Viral Underclass \u003c\/i\u003eone of the Best Books of the 21st Century for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times*\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An irresistibly readable and humane exploration of the barbarities of class...readers are gifted that most precious of things in these muddled times: a clear lens through which to see the world.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Naomi Klein, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e This Changes Everything \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Shock Doctrine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom preeminent LGBTQ scholar, social critic, and journalist Steven W. Thrasher comes a powerful and crucial exploration of one of the most pressing issues of our times: how viruses expose the fault lines of society. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaving spent a ground-breaking career studying the racialization, policing, and criminalization of HIV, Dr. Thrasher has come to understand a deeper truth at the heart of our society: that there are vast inequalities in who is able to survive viruses and that the ways in which viruses spread, kill, and take their toll are much more dependent on social structures than they are on biology alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through the heart-rending stories of friends, activists, and teachers navigating the novel coronavirus, HIV, and other viruses, Dr. Thrasher brings the reader with him as he delves into the viral underclass and lays bare its inner workings. In the tradition of Isabel Wilkerson's \u003ci\u003eCaste\u003c\/i\u003e and Michelle Alexander's \u003ci\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Viral Underclass\u003c\/i\u003e helps us understand the world more deeply by showing the fraught relationship between privilege and survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven W. Thrasher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Celadon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.49w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250796646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThrasher, Steven W.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSTEVEN W. THRASHER, PHD\u003c\/b\u003e holds the inaugural Daniel H. Renberg chair at Northwestern University's Medill School, the first journalism professorship in the world created to focus on LGBTQ research. He is also a faculty member of Northwestern's Institute of Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. A columnist for \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, his writing has been widely published by\u003ci\u003e The New York Times, Nation, The Atlantic, Journal of American History, BuzzFeed News, Esquire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2019, \u003ci\u003eOut\u003c\/i\u003e magazine named him one of the 100 most influential and impactful people of the year, and the Ford Foundation awarded him a grant for Creativity and Free Expression. An alumnus of media jobs with \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e, the HBO film\u003ci\u003e The Laramie Project \u003c\/i\u003eand the NPR StoryCorps project, Dr. Thrasher has also been a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e and a columnist for\u003ci\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. He holds a PhD in American Studies and divides his time between Chicago and New York. \u003ci\u003eThe Viral Underclass\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Steven W. Thrasher \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47286588571805,"sku":"9781250796646","price":39.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_11ec6c68-2dc7-43ae-aaae-f292ea91184b.jpg?v=1760025854","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-viral-underclass-the-human-toll-when-inequality-and-disease-collide-9781250796646","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}