Intersectional what? Social divisions, intersectionality and levels of analysis

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Intersectional what? Social divisions, intersectionality and levels of analysis

Floya Anthias¹•Institutions (1)

University of Roehampton¹

01 Feb 2013-Ethnicities (SAGE Publications)-Vol. 13, Iss: 1, pp 3-19

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a theoretical framing which attends to different levels of analysis in terms of what is being referred to (social categories or concrete social relations); societal arenas of investigation; and historicity (processes and outcomes).

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Abstract: This article contributes to the growing debate on intersectionality by proposing a theoretical framing which attends to different levels of analysis in terms of what is being referred to (social categories or concrete social relations); societal arenas of investigation; and historicity (processes and outcomes). It discusses questions of social ontology, categories, groupings and more concrete social relations relating to boundaries and hierarchies in social life. The article presents a particular analytical sensitivity which attends to the dialogical nature of social relations, the centrality of power and social hierarchy, and the importance of locating these within spatial and temporal contexts.

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Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste

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Ioana Boghian

25 Jun 2013-The European Legacy

TL;DR: Bourdieu as mentioned in this paper presents a combination of social theory, statistical data, illustrations, and interviews, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judg..., which is a collection of interviews with Bourdieu.

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Abstract: By Pierre Bourdieu (London: Routledge, 2010), xxx + 607 pp. £15.99 paper. A combination of social theory, statistical data, illustrations, and interviews, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judg...

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The Theory and Praxis of Intersectionality in Work and Organisations: Where Do We Go From Here?

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Jenny K. Rodriguez¹, Evangelina Holvino¹, Joyce K. Fletcher¹, Stella M. Nkomo¹•Institutions (1)

University of Manchester¹

01 May 2016-Gender, Work and Organization

TL;DR: Intersectionality is understood as a metaphor (Cuadraz and Uttal, 1999; Acker, 2011), a concept (Knapp, 2005; Styhre and Ericksson-Zetterquist, 2008), a research paradigm (Hancock, 2007a; Dhamoon, 2011); an ideograph (Alexander-Floyd, 2012), a broad-based knowledge project (Collins, 2015), and an analytical sensibility (Crenshaw, 2015) as mentioned in this paper.

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Abstract: Intersectionality is understood as a metaphor (Cuadraz and Uttal, 1999; Acker, 2011), a concept (Knapp, 2005; Styhre and Ericksson-Zetterquist, 2008), a research paradigm (Hancock, 2007a; Dhamoon, 2011), an ideograph (Alexander-Floyd, 2012), a broad-based knowledge project (Collins, 2015), and an analytical sensibility (Crenshaw, 2015). In spite of these diverse definitions, intersectionality has been central to the study of inequality, identity and power relations in recent history (Cho et al., 2013), highlighting the inseparability of categories of social differences such as race, gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality and nation, and calling attention to the systemic power dynamics that arise as multiple dimensions of social difference interact across individual, institutional, cultural and societal spheres of influence (Collins, 2000; McCall, 2005; Yuval-Davis, 2006, 2011; Weber, 2010). Coined as a term by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989 to “counter the disembodiment of Black women from Law” (Crenshaw, 2014), intersectionality captured the

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...(Collins, 1993; Prins, 2006; Weldon, 2006; Jordan-Zachery, 2007; Anthias, 2013) and its methodological and paradigmatic scope (McCall, 2005; Hancock, 2007a, 2007b; Syed, 2010; Winker and Degele, 2011; Christensen and Jensen, 2012; Walby and Strid, 2012)....
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...…has emerged seeking to establish the conceptual boundaries of intersectionality (Collins, 1993; Prins, 2006; Weldon, 2006; Jordan-Zachery, 2007; Anthias, 2013) and its methodological and paradigmatic scope (McCall, 2005; Hancock, 2007a, 2007b; Syed, 2010; Winker and Degele, 2011; Christensen…...
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Employing Multilevel Intersectionality in Educational Research Latino Identities, Contexts, and College Access

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Anne-Marie Núñez¹•Institutions (1)

University of Texas at San Antonio¹

01 Mar 2014-Educational Researcher

TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual model of intersectionality for educational research is proposed to address how different levels of analysis, types of practices, and relationships between social categories separately or together affect educational opportunities.

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Abstract: The theoretical framework of intersectionality shows much promise in exploring how multiple social identities and their relationships with interlocking systems of power influence educational equity, particularly for historically underserved groups in education. Yet, social scientists have critiqued this framework for not adequately specifying how these dimensions shape life opportunities. This essay draws on the work of sociologist Floya Anthias to advance a conceptual model of intersectionality for educational research. This model addresses how different levels of analysis, types of practices, and relationships between social categories separately or together affect educational opportunities. To illustrate the model’s utility in research, policy, and practice, I apply this model to understand contextual influences on Latino im/migrant students’ college access.

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...Following Anthias (2013), I suggest that we can achieve this greater analytical precision when we “distinguish different levels of analysis in terms of questions about what is being referred to (social categories or concrete relations), arenas of investigation (organizational, representational,…...
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...…of intersectionality that recognizes how social identities are constituted within multiple arenas of practice and broader historical conditions (Anthias, 2013), this article advances tools to address not only how the relationships between the diversity of social identities among Latinos shape…...
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...To go beyond what Bonilla-Silva (2013) has termed the “first generation” of intersectionality scholarship, scholars in feminist studies (Cho et al., 2013) and sociology (Bonilla-Silva, 2013; Collins, 2007, 2009) have called for intersectionality scholarship to focus less on the “additive” (Collins, 2007) descriptions of how individuals experience holding multiple social identities and to focus more on the constitutive dynamics of power in institutions that perpetuate social reproduction of inequalities (Anthias, 2013; Collins, 2007, 2009).2 Accordingly, sociologist Floya Anthias (2013) argues that examining power relations in an intersectional manner must involve interrogating how certain social categories are constituted as inferior in comparison to others, how people are framed as part of a larger economic project rather than encouraged to actualize their own self-defined potential, and how resources are distributed in uneven ways to limit the life chances of certain individuals in specific social categories....
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...…multiple social identities and to focus more on the constitutive dynamics of power in institutions that perpetuate social reproduction of inequalities (Anthias, 2013; Collins, 2007, 2009).2 Accordingly, sociologist Floya Anthias (2013) argues that examining power relations in an intersectional…...
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...Specifically, I advance a model of intersectionality that addresses societal March 2014 87 arenas where dynamics of identity, power, and history play out to shape educational experiences and outcomes in differential ways (Anthias, 2013)....
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Social geography I: Intersectionality

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Peter Hopkins¹•Institutions (1)

Newcastle University¹

01 Oct 2019-Progress in Human Geography

TL;DR: Intersectionality is an approach to research that focuses upon mutually constitutive forms of social oppression rather than on single axes of difference as mentioned in this paper, and intersectionality is not only about multiplicits but also about multiplicity.

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Abstract: Intersectionality is an approach to research that focuses upon mutually constitutive forms of social oppression rather than on single axes of difference. Intersectionality is not only about multipl...

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Doing justice to intersectionality in research

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Carla Rice¹, Elisabeth Harrison², May Friedman³•Institutions (3)

University of Guelph¹, York University², Ryerson University³

15 Feb 2019-Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies

TL;DR: Intersectionality involves the study of the ways that race, gender, disability, sexuality, class, age, and other social categories are mutually shaped and interrelated through forces such as coloni...

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Abstract: Intersectionality involves the study of the ways that race, gender, disability, sexuality, class, age, and other social categories are mutually shaped and interrelated through forces such as coloni...

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Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste

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Pierre Bourdieu

01 Jan 1979

TL;DR: In this article, a social critic of the judgement of taste is presented, and a "vulgar" critic of 'pure' criticiques is proposed to counter this critique.

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Abstract: Preface to the English-Language Edition Introduction Part 1: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste 1. The Aristocracy of Culture Part 2: The Economy of Practices 2. The Social Space and its Transformations 3. The Habitus and the Space of Life-Styles 4. The Dynamics of Fields Part 3: Class Tastes and Life-Styles 5. The Sense of Distinction 6. Cultural Good Will 7. The Choice of the Necessary 8. Culture and Politics Conclusion: Classes and Classifications Postscript: Towards a 'Vulgar' Critique of 'Pure' Critiques Appendices Notes Credits Index

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Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color

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Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Oristelle Bonis

01 Jan 2005

TL;DR: The authors discusses structural intersectionality, the ways in which the location of women of color at the intersection of race and gender makes their real experience of domestic violence, rape, and remedial reform qualitatively different from that of white women.

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Abstract: Contemporary feminist and antiracist discourses have failed to consider the intersections of racism and patriarchy. To overcome this difficulty, an original approach is suggested here: that of intersectionality. In the first part, the paper discusses structural intersectionality, the ways in which the location of women of color at the intersection of race and gender makes their real experience of domestic violence, rape, and remedial reform qualitatively different from that of white women. The focus is shifted in the second part to political intersectionality, with the analysis of how both feminist and antiracist politics have functioned in tandem to marginalize the issue of violence against women of color. Finally, the implications of the intersectional approach are addressed within the broader scope of contemporary identity politics.

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The logic of practice

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Pierre Bourdieu

01 Jan 1980

TL;DR: In this article, the Imaginary Anthropology of Subjectivism is described as an "imaginary anthropology of subjectivism" and the social uses of kinship are discussed. And the work of time is discussed.

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Abstract: Preface. Part I: Critique of Theoretical Reason. Foreword. 1. Objectifying Objectification. 2. The Imaginary Anthropology of Subjectivism. 3. Structures, Habitus, Practices. 4. Belief and the Body. 5. The Logic of Practice. 6. The Work of Time. 7. Symbolic Capital. 8. Modes of Domination. 9. The Objectivity of the Subjective. Part II: Practical Logics. 1. Land and Matrimonial Strategies. 2. The social uses of kinship. 3. Irresistible Analogy. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.

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The Cultural Politics of Emotion

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Sara Ahmed

01 Jan 2004

TL;DR: In this paper, Ahmed considers how emotions keep us invested in relationships of power, and also shows how this use of emotion could be crucial to feminist and queer political movements Debates on international terrorism, asylum and migration, as well as reconciliation and reparation are explored through topical case studies.

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Abstract: This is a bold take on the crucial role of emotion in politics Emotions work to define who we are as well as shape what we do and this is no more powerfully at play than in the world of politics Ahmed considers how emotions keep us invested in relationships of power, and also shows how this use of emotion could be crucial to feminist and queer political movements Debates on international terrorism, asylum and migration, as well as reconciliation and reparation are explored through topical case studies In this textbook the difficult issues are confronted head on New for this edition: a substantial 15,000-word Afterword on 'Emotions and Their Objects' which provides an original contribution to the burgeoning field of affect studies; a revised Bibliography; and updated throughout

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The Complexity of Intersectionality

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Leslie McCall¹•Institutions (1)

Rutgers University¹

01 Mar 2005-Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society

TL;DR: The authors argue that intersectionality is the most important theoretical contribution women's studies, in conjunction with related fields, has made so far, and they even say that intersectional is a central category of analysis in women’s studies, and that women are perhaps alone in the academy in the extent to which they have embraced intersectionality.

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Abstract: Since critics first allegedthat feminism claimed tospeak universally for all women, feminist researchers havebeen acutely aware ofthe limitations of genderas a single analyticalcategory. In fact, feministsare perhaps alone in the academy in theextent to which theyhave embraced intersectionality – the relationshipsamong multiple dimensions andmodalities of social relations and subject formations – as itselfa central category ofanalysis. One could evensay that intersectionality isthe most important theoreticalcontribution that women’s studies,in conjunction with relatedfields, has made sofar.1

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"Intersectional what? Social divisio..." refers background in this paper

...…(e.g. Bilge, 2010; Brah and Phoenix, 2004; Davis, 2008; Dhamoon, 2011; Erel et al., 2011; Ferree, 2009; Gimenez, 2001; Hancock, 2007; Knapp, 2005; Levine-Rasky, 2011; Lutz et al., 2011; McCall, 2005; Taylor et al., 2011; Verloo, 2006; Walby, 2007; Winker and Degele, 2011; Yuval Davis, 2006)....
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...There has been a proliferation of recent writing on intersectionality, pointing to the limitations of some existing intersectionality frames and attempting to provide better theoretical and methodological underpinnings (e.g. Bilge, 2010; Brah and Phoenix, 2004; Davis, 2008; Dhamoon, 2011; Erel et al., 2011; Ferree, 2009; Gimenez, 2001; Hancock, 2007; Knapp, 2005; Levine-Rasky, 2011; Lutz et al., 2011; McCall, 2005; Taylor et al., 2011; Verloo, 2006; Walby, 2007; Winker and Degele, 2011; Yuval Davis, 2006)....
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