Intersectionality: Origins, Contestations, Horizons Contributor(s): Carastathis, Anna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803285558 ISBN-13: 9780803285552 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
Dewey: 305.420 |
LCCN: 2016010867 |
Series: Expanding Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studies |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 300 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Intersectionality intervenes in the field of intersectionality studies: the integrative examination of the effects of racial, gendered, and class power on people's lives. While "intersectionality" circulates as a buzzword, Anna Carastathis joins other critical voices to urge a more careful reading. Challenging the narratives of arrival that surround it, Carastathis argues that intersectionality is a horizon, illuminating ways of thinking that have yet to be realized; consequently, calls to "go beyond" intersectionality are premature. A provisional interpretation of intersectionality can disorient habits of essentialism, categorial purity, and prototypicality and overcome dynamics of segregation and subordination in political movements. Anna Carastathis has published work in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Feminist Review, Philosophy Compass, and Why Race and Gender Still Matter: An Intersectional Approach. |