Intersectionality as multi-level analysis: Dealing with social inequality
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- 20 January 2011
- journal article
- other
- Published by SAGE Publications in European Journal of Women's Studies
- Vol. 18 (1), 51-66
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506810386084
Abstract
The concept of intersectionality is on its way to becoming a new paradigm in gender studies. In its current version, it denominates reciprocities between gender, race and class. However, it also allows for the integration of other socially defined categories, such as sexuality, nationality or age. On the other hand, it is widely left unclear as to which level these reciprocal effects apply: the level of social structures, the level of constructions of identity or the level of symbolic representations. This article advocates an intersectional multi-level analysis which takes into account reciprocal effects between the various levels. This approach includes an analytical grasp of and methodical reflection on these reciprocal effects as well as making them empirically accessible.Keywords
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