Undermining Intersectionality: The Perils of Powerblind Feminism - Brossura

Tomlinson, Barbara

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ISBN 10: 1439916519 ISBN 13: 9781439916513

Casa editrice: Temple University Press, 2020

Riassunto

In this provocative book, esteemed scholar Barbara Tomlinson asserts that intersectionality—the idea that categories such as gender, race, and class create overlapping systemsof oppression—is consistently misinterpreted in feminist argument. Despite becoming a central theme in feminist scholarship and activism, Tomlinson believes dominant feminism has failed to fully understand the concept.

Undermining Intersectionality reveals that this apparent paradox is the result of the disturbing racial politics underlying more than two decades of widely-cited critiques of intersectionality produced by prominent white feminist scholars who have been insufficiently attentive to racial dynamics. As such, feminist critiques of intersectionality repeatedly reinforce racial hierarchies, undermining academic feminism’s supposed commitment to social justice. Tomlinson offers a persuasive analysis of the rhetorics and conventions of argument used in these critiques to demonstrate their systematic reliance on “powerblind” discursive practices.

Undermining Intersectionality concludes by presenting suggestions about concrete steps feminist researchers, readers, authors, and editors can take to promote more productive and principled engagements with intersectional thinking.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Temple University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1439916519
• ISBN 13: 9781439916513
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 283
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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