Considerations on Mainstreaming Intersectionality
- 22 September 2010
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Political Research Quarterly
- Vol. 64 (1), 230-243
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912910379227
Abstract
This article identifies five key considerations for adopting and mainstreaming intersectionality: the language and concepts that are used; the complexities of difference and how to navigate this complexity; the choice of focusing on identities, categories, processes, and/or systems; the model that is used to explain and describe mutually constituted differences; and the principles that determine which interactions are analyzed. The author argues that in the process of mainstreaming intersectionality, it is crucial to frame it as a form of social critique so as to foreground its radical capacity to attend to and disrupt oppressive vehicles of power.Keywords
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