Intersectionality - Origins, Contestations, Horizons Carastathis AnnaPaperback
Intersectionality - Origins, Contestations, Horizons Carastathis AnnaPaperback A 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleIntersectionality intervenes in the field of intersectionality studies: the…
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Intersectionality - Origins, Contestations, Horizons Carastathis AnnaPaperback
A 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleIntersectionality intervenes in the field of intersectionality studies: the integrative examination of the effects of racial, gendered, and class power on people's lives. 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. While "intersectionality" tends to circulate merely as a buzzword, Anna Carastathis joins other critical voices in urging a more careful reading.
A provisional interpretation of intersectionality can disorient habits of essentialism, categorical purity, and prototypicality and overcome dynamics of segregation and subordination in political movements.Through a close reading of critical race