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Journal articles on the topic "Feminist intersectionality theories"
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Davis, Kathy. "Who owns intersectionality? Some reflections on feminist debates on how theories travel." European Journal of Women's Studies 27, no. 2 (December 9, 2019): 113–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1350506819892659.
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Feminist scholars have increasingly expressed their worries about the depoliticization of intersectionality since it has travelled from its point of origin in US Black feminist theory to the shores of Europe. They have argued that the subject for which the theory was intended has been displaced, that Black feminists have been excluded from the discussion, and that white European feminists have usurped all the credit for intersectionality as theory. Intersectionality has been transformed into a product of the neoliberal academy rather than the helpmeet for social justice it was meant to be. This article explores three of the bones of contention in these debates about intersectionality and its travels. The author argues that they rest on notions of ownership that, while understandable, are untenable and, ultimately, counterproductive. A case will be made for taking a less proprietary stance toward critical theories and instead treating the travels of intersectionality as an occasion for dialogue rather than a contest over ownership.
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Stewart, Abibi. "Feminism for the 99% or Solidarity in the House of Difference? Intersectionality and Social Reproduction Theory." Femina Politica – Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft 30, no. 2-2021 (December 14, 2021): 23–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.3224/feminapolitica.v30i2.03.
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Intersectionality is often understood to exist primarily as a corrective to other emancipatory theories rather than as a theory in its own right. Social reproduction theory (SRT), a strain of Marxist feminism exemplified in this article by contributors to the volume Social Reproduction Theory – Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression published in 2017, is characterized by a self-understanding that involves incorporating intersectional insights as a reaction to Black feminist interventions. In this narrative, intersectionality itself becomes obsolete, serving first and foremost as a step on SRT’s dialectical journey to becoming a better theory. Allegedly undertheorized intersectional frameworks constitute an ever-present foil for SRT’s self-image as an emancipatory theory of the capitalist social whole. This narrative is problematized on multiple levels in this article. SRT and its depiction of intersectionality are summarized in the first part of the paper. The second part demonstrates, on the one hand, that a historicization of intersectionality as ‘intervening’ into Marxist feminist theories, adding an intersectional perspective to feminist analysis of capitalism, ignores the formative role of analyses of Black women’s position as working subjects within overarching capitalist structures in intersectional thought. On the other hand, SRT's narrative occludes practical and theoretical implications of a framework that explicitly theorizes resistance from the margins. Building on this critique of SRT’s understanding of intersectionality, the third part develops an intersectional notion of solidarity, thus showing that the ostensibly seamless integration of intersectional insights into SRT obfuscates a potentially fruitful tension between the two frameworks pertaining to their respective understandings of solidarity and social transformation.
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Rodó-Zárate, Maria. "Gender, Nation, and Situated Intersectionality: The Case of Catalan Pro-independence Feminism." Politics & Gender 16, no. 2 (June 7, 2019): 608–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743923x19000035.
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AbstractDebates on nation, self-determination, and nationalism tend to ignore the gender dimension, women's experiences, and feminist proposals on such issues. In turn, feminist discussions on the intersection of oppressions generally avoid the national identity of stateless nations as a source of oppression. In this article, I relate feminism and nationalism through an intersectional framework in the context of the Catalan pro-independence movement. Since the 1970s, Catalan feminists have been developing theories and practices that relate gender and nationality from an intersectional perspective, which may challenge hegemonic genealogies of intersectionality and general assumptions about the relation between nationalism and gender. Focusing on developments made by feminist activists from past and present times, I argue that women are key agents in national construction and that situated intersectional frameworks may provide new insights into relations among axes of inequalities beyond the Anglocentric perspective.
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Garry, Ann. "Intersectionality, Metaphors, and the Multiplicity of Gender." Hypatia 26, no. 4 (2011): 826–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2011.01194.x.
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Although intersectional analyses of gender have been widely adopted by feminist theorists in many disciplines, controversy remains over their character, limitations, and implications. I support intersectionality, cautioning against asking too much of it. It provides standards for the uses of methods or frameworks rather than theories of power, oppression, agency, or identity. I want feminist philosophers to incorporate intersectional analyses more fully into our work so that our theories can, in fact, have the pluralistic and inclusive character to which we give lip service. To this end, I advocate an intersectional family resemblance strategy that does not create philosophical problems for feminists. I test my approach against María Lugones's argument in “Heterosexualism and the Colonial/Modern Gender System” (Lugones 2007) to determine, in particular, whether we can successfully resist a move to create multiple genders for women. If we can successfully resist this move, then we can answer the objection that intersectionality fragments women both theoretically and politically. I also argue that my approach avoids Lugones's critique of forms of intersectionality that fall within “the logic of purity.”
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Davis, Kathy, and Dubravka Zarkov. "EJWS retrospective on intersectionality." European Journal of Women's Studies 24, no. 4 (July 25, 2017): 313–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1350506817719393.
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The EJWS has been at the forefront of debates about intersectionality in Europe. In the past two decades, the journal has published countless articles on intersectionality as theory, methodology, and political framework for doing critical feminist research. We have selected some of these articles that illustrate the rich and varied European contribution to intersectionality. We want to use this as an opportunity to think critically about the possibilities and pitfalls of one of feminism’s most important travelling theories. The selected articles can be accessed at http://journals.sagepub.com/page/ejw/collections/virtual-special-issues/intersectionality
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McWeeny, Jennifer. "Topographies of Flesh: Women, Nonhuman Animals, and the Embodiment of Connection and Difference." Hypatia 29, no. 2 (2014): 269–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hypa.12087.
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Because of risks of essentialism and homogenization, feminist theorists frequently avoid making precise ontological claims, especially in regard to specifying bodily connections and differences among women. However well‐intentioned, this trend may actually run counter to the spirit of intersectionality by shifting feminists' attention away from embodiment, fostering oppressor‐centric theories, and obscuring privilege within feminism. What feminism needs is not to turn from ontological specificity altogether, but to engage a new kind of ontological project that can account for the material complexity of social space in the twenty‐first century. Taking inspiration from the phenomenological concept of flesh as well as ecofeminism and María Lugones's theory of the colonial/modern gender system, this essay argues that our own flesh is related to that of others through lines of intercorporeal relations that collectively form topographies of flesh. When we attend to those material relationships present in a particular locality at a point in time, we are able to recognize topographical aggregates of beings that can serve as a basis for this new feminist ontology. An example from Toni Morrison's Beloved involving a human woman and a nonhuman one is used as a paradigm for thinking ontological connection and difference at the same time.
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Fjelkestam, Kristina. "Med karta och kompass: Kvt i den teoretiska terrängen." Tidskrift för genusvetenskap 26, no. 4 (June 14, 2022): 66–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.55870/tgv.v26i4.3994.
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Kristina Fjelkestam's artide is a review of the feminist theoretical discussion in Kvinnovetenskaplig tidskrift (Kvt) during the last twenty-five years. Inspired by English language journals such as Sign sand Feminist Review, Kvt has emphasised a double strategy from the very first issue. On the one hand the editors declare that Kvt is supposed to act as a disseminator of international and national feminist research in Sweden, and, on the other hand, to engage in a dialogue with the women's movement activists. Kristina Fjelkestam identifies the central feminist theme that runs through Kvfs twenty-fiveyear history as being the "whys" and "hows" of the subordination of women. Although the questions remains central to feminist theory, the explanations have varied over time. Two major theoretical shifts are re-read and analysed, namely the early theories of patriarchy and the more comtemporary theories of intersectionality. A reflection on the epistemological and ontological foundations of emancipatory theory concludes the article.
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Costelnock, Cara. "Book Review: Organization Theory for Equity and Diversity: Leading Integrated, Socially Just Education." Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education 14, no. 2 (December 12, 2019): 54–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.20355/jcie29396.
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Throughout the text, Capper explores critically oriented epistemologies such as Critical Race Theory; LatCrit, Asian, TribalCrit, and Black Crit; Disability Studies theories; feminist theories; Queer Theory, and theories of intersectionality. In each chapter she presents teaching suggestions and discussion questions to use within the classroom as well as discussion questions aimed to help aspiring leaders critically analyze their leadership strengths and limitations in order to integrate these epistemologies into practice. This review examines the suggestions for creating a learning environment that honors the diversities and strengths students bring to the classroom.
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Lenine, Enzo, and Naentrem Sanca. "Gênero, Feminismo e Diplomacia: Analisando a Instituição pelas Lentes Feministas das Relações Internacionais." Organizações & Sociedade 29, no. 100 (January 2022): 98–122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1984-92302022v29n0004pt.
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Abstract The feminist agenda in International Relations has recently drawn attention to gender issues in diplomacy, focusing mainly, though not exclusively, on analysing the trajectories of female diplomats in the institution. Though scarce, these studies approach the topic primarily via national case studies, resorting to the concept of gender to examine the power structures based on ideals of masculinity and femininity, which establish patterns of inequality and discrimination within the institution. In this article, we review national and international studies on gender and diplomacy, aiming to map the theoretical and methodological articulations underlying the gender analysis of diplomacy, which sees it as a gendered institution where gender-based hierarchies of power operate. In terms of methodology, we discuss the main concepts and theoretical frameworks of this research agenda, unraveling their connections to the broader feminist agenda in IR. We map the most recurrent methods and point out both theoretical and methodological gaps that need to be addressed in future research. Furthermore, we briefly review the main studies on gender and diplomacy conducted by the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and academia, attempting to bridge national and international studies on gender and diplomacy. We conclude that the research agenda on gender and diplomacy has a rich conceptual and theoretical arsenal that establishes multiple dialogues with institutional feminist theories and with feminisms in IR. However, important gaps persist both in terms of the incorporation of intersectionality and cross-national comparative approaches, which are paramount to advancing gender analyses of diplomacy as an institution.
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Chapple, Reshawna L. "Toward a Theory of Black Deaf Feminism: The Quiet Invisibility of a Population." Affilia 34, no. 2 (January 1, 2019): 186–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886109918818080.
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This article considers ways to enhance the conceptualization of Black deaf women’s lived experiences through an intersectional lens. An intersectional framework places emphasis on how social constructions of blackness, gender, and deafness shape the identity and experiences of Black deaf women. To outline the need for such a theory, this article first examines social constructions of Black deaf women in the intersections of race, gender, and deafness in comparison to current research. Second, I discuss the relevancy of social theories (i.e., critical race feminism, feminist disability theory, and theoretical approaches prominent in critical deaf studies) in providing a conceptual framework for an analysis of identity in relation to race, gender, and disability. Finally, I introduce the tenants of Black Deaf feminism and discuss the ways Black Deaf feminism enhances intersectionality by centering the lived experience from the standpoint of Black deaf women.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Feminist intersectionality theories"
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Marzouk, Nabila. "Arab Migrant Women: Negotiating Memory and Creating Belonging in Diaspora." Thesis, 2021. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/43464/.
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This thesis explores, analyses and documents Arab women’s experiences of migration, and
belonging in Australia. It does so by examining the role of memory in creating belonging and
constructing identity. Arab migrant women in Australia are usually perceived as a homogenous
group; therefore, this research project also studies the complexities and diversity of Arab
identity. This study focuses on three main areas: Home and its memories for migrants,
belonging, and Arab identity. These themes demonstrate how the women weave their narratives
in relation to their experiences of migration while continuously negotiating their memories,
navigating belonging, and constructing identities.
The study uses the qualitative research methodology, namely semi-structured interviews.
While the ten-first generation Arab women interviewed in this study proclaim Arab identity,
they also come from diverse national background, religious background, age, life experience,
education and professions. The interviews were analysed through the lens of feminist
intersectionality theories.
As a result of this research study, some significant conclusions can be drawn: memory of home
is located at the heart of the belonging processes of migrants. Perceptions and understandings
of the notion of home shape the women’s experiences in relation to their experiences of
belonging. Moreover, home and its memories prove to also play a crucial role in the way
women perceive their Arab identities, and construct narratives about their identities in
Australia. Although migration is perceived to be practiced mainly by Arab men, lately this
perspective has been challenged by the increasing number of the Arab women who have
embarked in this journey, and for a variety of reasons.
The findings of this thesis do not only emphasise the diversity of Arab women but accentuate
the diverse understandings of Arab identity. Interrelated historical events and contextual factors
that determine the women’s understanding of Arab identity. This constructed identity is
continuously negotiated through all the chapters of this thesis and is highlighted by the
extensively diverse experiences of how Arab women create belonging. Memory of the
homeland, on the other hand, is the centrepiece of this study; and its role has proven to influence
women’s practices in private as well as public life.
Books on the topic "Feminist intersectionality theories"
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Räthzel, Nora, Diana Mulinari, and Khayaat Fakier. Marxist-Feminist Theories and Struggles Today: Essential Writings on Intersectionality, Postcolonialism and Ecofeminism. Zed Books, Limited, 2020.
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Räthzel, Nora, Diana Mulinari, and Khayaat Fakier. Marxist-Feminist Theories and Struggles Today: Essential Writings on Intersectionality, Postcolonialism and Ecofeminism. Zed Books, Limited, 2020.
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Räthzel, Nora, Diana Mulinari, and Khayaat Fakier. Marxist-Feminist Theories and Struggles Today: Essential Writings on Intersectionality, Postcolonialism and Ecofeminism. Zed Books, Limited, 2020.
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Räthzel, Nora, Diana Mulinari, and Khayaat Fakier. Marxist-Feminist Theories and Struggles Today: Essential Writings on Intersectionality, Postcolonialism and Ecofeminism. Zed Books, Limited, 2020.
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Warner, Leah R., and Stephanie A. Shields. Intersectionality as a Framework for Theory and Research in Feminist Psychology. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190658540.003.0002.
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Intersectionality theory concerns the interdependence of systems of inequality and implications for psychological research. Social identities cannot be studied independently of one another nor separately from the societal processes that maintain inequality. In this chapter we provide a brief overview of the history of intersectionality theory and then address how intersectionality theory challenges the way psychological theories typically conceive of the person, as well as the methods of data gathering and analysis customarily used by many psychologists. We specifically address two concerns often expressed by feminist researchers. First, how to reconcile the use of an intersectionality framework with currently-valued psychological science practices. Second, how intersectionality transforms psychology’s concern with individual experience by shifting the focus to the individual’s position within sociostructural frameworks and their social and political underpinnings. In a concluding section we identify two future directions for intersectionality theory: how psychological research on intersectionality can facilitate social activism, and current developments in intersectionality theory.
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Heathcote, Gina. Feminist Dialogues on International Law. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199685103.001.0001.
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Reflecting on recent gender law reform within international law, this book examines the nature of feminist interventions to consider what the next phase of feminist approaches to international law might include. To undertake analysis of existing gender law reform and future gender law reform, the book engages critical legal inquiries on international law on the foundations of international law. At the same time, the text looks beyond mainstream feminist accounts to consider the contributions, and tensions, across a broader range of feminist methodologies than has been adapted and incorporated into gender law reform including transnational and postcolonial feminisms. The text therefore develops dialogues across feminist approaches, beyond dominant Western liberal, radical, and cultural feminisms, to analyse the rise of expertise and the impact of fragmentation on global governance, to study sovereignty and international institutions, and to reflect on the construction of authority within international law. The book concludes that through feminist dialogues that incorporate intersectionality, and thus feminist dialogues with queer, crip, and race theories, that reflect on the politics of listening and which are actively attentive to the conditions of privilege from which dominant feminist approaches are articulated, opportunity for feminist dialogues to shape feminist futures on international law emerge. The book begins this process through analysis of the conditions in which the author speaks and the role histories of colonialism play out to define her own privilege, thus requiring attention to indigenous feminisms and, in the UK, the important interventions of Black British feminisms.
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Mendoza, Breny. Coloniality of Gender and Power. Edited by Lisa Disch and Mary Hawkesworth. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199328581.013.6.
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Anticolonial theories analyze complex power relations between the colonizer and the colonized to promote the political project of decolonization. This chapter situates anticolonial feminist theories in relation to two schools of anticolonial thinking, postcolonial and decolonial theory, particularly the strand of decolonial theory developed by the modernity/coloniality school of thought of Latin America. It compares key theoretical arguments and political projects associated with intersectionality, postcolonial feminism, and the decolonial feminism that Maria Lugones has advanced with her notion of the coloniality of gender. The chapter explores the reception of Lugones work in Latin America and the critical insights that decolonial theory offers contemporary social justice projects.
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Castledine, Jacqueline. Peace, Freedom, and Abundance. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252037269.003.0001.
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This introductory chapter explains how the master narrative of U.S. history too often reduces the scope of leftist women's Cold War-era activism by containing it within women's, workers', or civil rights movements. Despite progressives' efforts in 1948 and beyond to create a multifaceted movement that broadly defined peace to include not only cessation of physical violence but also evidence of social justice, discussion of leftist peace movements is rarely given the same consideration as single-issue campaigns. The chapter shows how long before late-twentieth-century feminist scholars presented their theories of “intersectionality,” and when “third wave” feminists derided earlier movements for their insensitivity to interrelated oppressions, leftists recognized how understandings of identity interact to produce social inequality.
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Cooper, Brittney. Intersectionality. Edited by Lisa Disch and Mary Hawkesworth. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199328581.013.20.
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Coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, the term intersectionality has become the key analytic framework through which feminist scholars in various fields talk about the structural identities of race, class, gender, and sexuality. This chapter situates intersectionality within a long history of black feminist theorizing about interlocking systems of power and oppression, arguing that intersectionality is not an account of personal identity but one of power. It challenges feminist theorists, including Robyn Wiegman, Jennifer Nash, and Jasbir Puar, who have attempted to move past intersectionality because of its limitations in fully attending to the contours of identity. The chapter also maps conversations within the social sciences about intersectionality as a research methodology. Finally, it considers what it means for black women to retain paradigmatic status within intersectionality studies, whether doing so is essentialist, and therefore problematic, or whether attempts to move “beyond” black women constitute attempts at erasure and displacement.
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Fuchsel, Catherine. Theoretical Background. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190672829.003.0004.
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In this chapter, the theoretical foundation of the Sí, Yo Puedo (SYP) curriculum and program is examined. Intersectionality, which examines the intersection of concepts such as immigration status, domestic violence, race/ethnicity, and culture and is the main theory behind the development of the SYP curriculum and program, is explained and the author examines her own intersecting identities. Other theories that were used in the development of the SYP curriculum and program include feminist ideology, which examines power differences between genders and a patriarchal system; the family violence perspective; social work and therapeutic theories; group theory, which relates to knowledge of the group facilitator’s role and group work and dynamics; and the domestic violence empowerment framework, which raises awareness and provides education.
Book chapters on the topic "Feminist intersectionality theories"
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Saeidzadeh, Zara. "Gender Research and Feminist Methodologies." In Gender-Competent Legal Education, 183–213. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14360-1_6.
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AbstractThis chapter is structured around the issue of gender research and what it means to conduct research with a gender perspective. Thus, it discusses research methodologies inspired by feminist ontological and epistemological approaches. Drawing on feminist standpoint theory, situated knowledge, feminist poststructuralism and intersectionality, the chapter shows how feminist scholars, especially feminist legal scholars, have adopted feminist epistemologies in challenging gender inequalities in law and society. The chapter draws on legal methods combined with feminist social theories that have assisted feminist scholars to go about legal reforms. Furthermore, focusing on qualitative methods, the chapter explains some of the methods of data collection and data analysis in gender research which have been applied interdisciplinarily across social science and humanities studies. The last part of the chapter concentrates on practical knowledge about conducting gender research that is informed with feminist epistemologies and methodologies. Finally, through some exercises, the students are given the opportunity to design and outline a gender research plan with a socio-legal approach.
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Ballo, Rokia, Subhadra Das, Emily Dawson, Vanessa Mignan, and Clémence Perronnet. "Feminism, intersectionality, and decolonization theories." In Theorizing Equity in the Museum, 34–49. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780367823191-3.
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Navarro Ruiz, Clara. "Subject and Research in Global Capitalism: Some Notes on the Fundamentals of Feminist and Marxist Theories on the Frame of Intersectionality." In Rethinking Vulnerability and Exclusion, 185–204. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60519-3_10.
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Christou, Anastasia, and Eleonore Kofman. "Conclusion." In IMISCOE Research Series, 117–23. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91971-9_7.
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AbstractAt the end of a short journey, we can attest to the flourishing production of knowledge on gender and migration that has built up over the past 30 years in particular. Though we have on the whole referred to works in English, there is an extensive literature in other major languages, such as French, German, Italian and Spanish which have emerged from different social science traditions, in recognition of the significance of gendered migrations and feminist movements. English has come to dominate writing in this field (Kofman, 2020), ironically in large part through the European funding of comparative research as well as transatlantic exchanges (Levy et al., 2020). The past 20 years have been a rapid period of intellectual exchange in this field through networks and disciplinary associations, such as the International and European Sociological Associations or IMISCOE which supported a cluster on Gender, Generation and Age (2004–2009). The IMISCOE Migration Research Hub (https://www.migrationresearch.com/) demonstrates the extensive production on gender issues and their connections with other theories and fields of migration. The economic and social transformations brought about by globalisation and transnationalism, and how its unequal outcomes and identities need to be understood through an intersectional lens (Amelina & Lutz, 2019), have heavily shaped studies of gender and migration (see Chap. 10.1007/978-3-030-91971-9_2). Indeed intersectionality has been suggested by some as the major contribution of contemporary feminism to the social sciences, and, has certainly been a theoretical insight that has travelled widely and rapidly from the Anglo world to Europe (Davis, 2020; Lutz, 2014) since it was defined by Kimberlé Crenshaw (1989). We should, however, also remember that it had antecedents in the writing of anti-racist feminists on racist ideology and sex by the French sociologist Claude Guillaumin (1995), on the trinity of gender, race and class in the UK (Anthias & Yuval-Davis, 1992; Parmar, 1982) and by scholars in Australia (Bottomley et al., 1991) and Canada (Stasiulis & Yuval-Davis, 1995).
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"Gender Oppression and Structural Oppression Theories of Feminism." In Philosophising Experiences and Vision of the Female Body, Mind, and Soul, 116–29. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4090-9.ch008.
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This chapter discusses gender oppression theories including feminist psychoanalytic theory and radical feminism. The former explains the oppression of women in terms of psychoanalytic descriptions of the male psychic drive to dominate and the latter in terms of men's ability and willingness to use violence to subjugate women. The chapter also discusses structural oppression theories including Marxist feminism, socialist feminism, and intersectionality feminism. Socialist feminism describes oppression as arising from a patriarchal and a capitalist attempt to control social production and reproduction. Intersectionality theories trace the consequences of class, race, gender, affectional preference, and global location for lived experience, group standpoints, and relations among women. The chapter closes by briefly looking at the relationship between feminism and postmodernism.
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Carrim, Nasima Mohamed Hoosen, and Yvonne Senne. "Life Context Model, Intersectionality, and Black Feminist Epistemology." In Handbook of Research on Women in Management and the Global Labor Market, 136–55. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9171-9.ch007.
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This chapter focuses on the life context model and the intersectionality and Black feminist epistemologies. Using two studies conducted in a South African context, it examines how these three theories can be employed to explore the challenges that a Black female manager in South Africa faces. The chapter also briefly outlines the underpinnings of the theories and gives an overview of the South African context that pertains to Indian and African women. The authors provide insights from the studies they have carried out and outline the similarities and differences outline the similarities and differences between the three theoretical approaches which they identified based on their research. The results obtained indicate that the use of these three theoretical approaches and the subsequent analysis of the data gathered can be a powerful method for reaching an understanding of contexts. Some recommendations are made regarding using the relevant theoretical approaches.
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Carrim, Nasima Mohamed Hoosen, and Yvonne Senne. "Life Context Model, Intersectionality, and Black Feminist Epistemology." In Research Anthology on Racial Equity, Identity, and Privilege, 1186–205. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4507-5.ch064.
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This chapter focuses on the life context model and the intersectionality and Black feminist epistemologies. Using two studies conducted in a South African context, it examines how these three theories can be employed to explore the challenges that a Black female manager in South Africa faces. The chapter also briefly outlines the underpinnings of the theories and gives an overview of the South African context that pertains to Indian and African women. The authors provide insights from the studies they have carried out and outline the similarities and differences outline the similarities and differences between the three theoretical approaches which they identified based on their research. The results obtained indicate that the use of these three theoretical approaches and the subsequent analysis of the data gathered can be a powerful method for reaching an understanding of contexts. Some recommendations are made regarding using the relevant theoretical approaches.
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"Feminist Voices From Africa." In Philosophising Experiences and Vision of the Female Body, Mind, and Soul, 237–50. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4090-9.ch016.
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This chapter is an extension of intersectionality and post-modernist theories of feminism introduced in Chapter 8, now giving special focus to the African continent. The chapter argues that the African female is not only vastly different from the Western female (given the different socio-economic, political, and cultural structures), but also very different from each other as determined by contextual differences within the continent. The chapter starts from the angle that although Africa might have passed through almost similar history of slavery, colonialism, and neo-colonialism, the continent is very diverse. To talk of an ‘African feminism' can be seen as essentialising Africa and suggesting that all women living in Africa face the same problems. Thus, Africa cannot be treated as a single entity. Hence, instead of settling for the term “African feminism,” this chapter opted for “Feminist Voices from Africa” as the title.
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Byrd, Marilyn Y., and Dominique T. Chlup. "Theorizing African American Women’s Learning and Development." In Handbook of Research on Workforce Diversity in a Global Society, 38–55. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1812-1.ch003.
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This study is a qualitative, interpretative examination of nine African American women’s encounters with race, gender, and social class (intersectionality) in predominantly white organizations and the learning experiences that emerged from these encounters. Rather than continuing to operate from a Eurocentric view of learning, this study contributes to the scholarly discussion the learning perspectives of African American Women (AAW). Black feminist theory is used as a socio-cultural framework to explain how AAW learn from issues emerging from intersectionality. A narrative approach to inquiry was the research strategy employed. Three major learning orientations emerged from the women’s narratives: learning from influential sources, learning through divine guidance, and learning through affirmation of self. The authors contend that expanding the conversation of adult learning theories to include socio-cultural theories derived from black women’s scholarship may be necessary to move the field of adult education toward more inclusive ways of theorizing adult learning. Implications for the field of adult education and the emerging workforce diversity paradigm are provided.
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Babb, Florence E. "Introduction." In Women's Place in the Andes, 1–32. University of California Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520298163.003.0001.
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The introduction argues that recent discussion of ethnic and racial inequality in Peru has largely overlooked gender differences, an absence this book seeks to redress. The author contends that a critical feminist perspective is essential to contend with complex social realities, past and present. This reconsideration reveals the strengths in Andean women’s “traditional” social position and the new purchase in being female and Andean, though these women are subject nonetheless to subtle and durable forms of discrimination in contemporary Peru. Frameworks examined range from the analytic of gender complementarity (positing balanced male-female roles) to theories of production and reproduction (as aspects of women’s work) and to intersectionality and decolonial feminism. Babb takes a self-critical perspective on her past work and then turns to consider how earlier research and writing might be understood anew in light of the approach she is setting forth. Drawing together discussions of race and of gender, she provides a fuller and more accurate understanding of interwoven inequalities in Peru.