The Intersectional Approach - 9780807859810

The University of North Carolina Press

The Intersectional ApproachTransforming the Academy Through Race, Class, and Gender\nAuthor(s): Kathleen Guidroz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press, United States\nImprint: The University of North Carolina Press\nISBN-13: 9780807859810, 978-0807859810\nSynopsis\nThis book features the social literacy of scholarship. Intersectionality, or the consideration of race, class, and gender, is one of the prominent contemporary theoretical contributions made by scholars in the field of women's studies that now broadly extends across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Taking stock of this transformative paradigm, \""\""The Intersectional Approach\""\"" guides new and established researchers to engage in a critical reflection about the broad adoption of intersectionality that constitutes what the editors call a new 'social literacy' for scholars. In eighteen essays, contributors examine various topics of interest to students and researchers fro.