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The Complexity of Intersectionality
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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.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.1read more
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Inequality Regimes Gender, Class, and Race in Organizations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors address two feminist issues: how to conceptualize intersectionality, the mutual reproduction of class, gender, and racial relations of inequality, and how to identify barriers to creating equality in work organizations.
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Toward a Field of Intersectionality Studies: Theory, Applications, and Praxis
TL;DR: This paper propose a template for fusing these three levels of engagement with intersectionality into a field of intersectional studies that emphasizes collaboration and literacy rather than unity, and propose a set of practices to fuse them.
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Intersectionality and Research in Psychology
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Intersectionality as buzzword A sociology of science perspective on what makes a feminist theory successful
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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
TL;DR: The body politics of Julia Kristeva and the Body Politics of JuliaKristeva as mentioned in this paper are discussed in detail in Section 5.1.1 and Section 6.2.1.
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Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color
TL;DR: This paper explored the race and gender dimensions of violence against women of color and found that the experiences of women of colour are often the product of intersecting patterns of racism and sexism, and how these experiences tend not to be represented within the discourse of either feminism or antiracism.
Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color
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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Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory, and Antiracist Politics
TL;DR: The authors argues that Black women are sometimes excluded from feminist theory and antiracist policy discourse because both are predicated on a discrete set of experiences that often does not accurately reflect the interaction of race and gender.
Thick Description: Towards an Interpretive Theory of Culture
TL;DR: In her book, Philosophy in a New Key as mentioned in this paper, Langer remarks that certain ideas burst upon the intellectual landscape with a tremendous force, and that all sensitive and active minds turn at once to exploiting it.