Re-thinking Intersectionality
Feminist Review 89 (1):1-15 (2008)
Abstract
Intersectionality has become the primary analytic tool that feminist and anti-racist scholars deploy for theorizing identity and oppression. This paper exposes and critically interrogates the assumptions underpinning intersectionality by focusing on four tensions within intersectionality scholarship: the lack of a defined intersectional methodology; the use of black women as quintessential intersectional subjects; the vague definition of intersectionality; and the empirical validity of intersectionality. Ultimately, my project does not seek to undermine intersectionality; instead, I encourage both feminist and anti-racist scholars to grapple with intersectionality's theoretical, political, and methodological murkiness to construct a more complex way of theorizing identity and oppression.DOI
10.1057/fr.2008.4
Analytics
Added to PP
2012-12-12
Downloads
19,975 (#68)
6 months
1,451 (#125)
2012-12-12
Downloads
19,975 (#68)
6 months
1,451 (#125)
Historical graph of downloads since first upload
This graph includes both downloads from PhilArchive and clicks on external links on PhilPapers.
How can I increase my downloads?