Intersectionality as Method: A Note

2013/05/03 by Catharine A. MacKinnon · 6 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies #Feminist Theory and Gender Studies #LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

paper · doi:10.1086/669570

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Abstract

This brief note clarifies and expands upon the power and implications of intersectionality on the level of method, focusing upon its use in the hands of Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, its originator and premier practitioner.

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