Intersectionality in social work : activism and practice in context / edited by Suryia Nayak and Rachel Robbins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nayak, Suryia, editor.

Robbins, Rachel, editor.

Series:

Routledge advances in social work

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intersectionality (Sociology).

Womanism.

Social service.

Women political activists.

Physical Description:

xiv, 256 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Contents:

Introduction / Suryia Nayak and Rachel Robbins

Understandings of intersectionality

Textual practice as intersectional practice : situated caste and gender knowledge in India / Suryia Nayak and Rekha Sethi

Returning home : intersectionality, social work and violence against bme women and girls in the UK / Hannana Siddiqui and Ravi K. Thiara

The detachment of intersectionality from its black feminist roots : a critical analysis of social service provision training material based in Ontario / Edward Hon-Sing Wong

The politics of intersectionality as location / Andrew Hollingworth

Gendered islamophobia- intersectionality, religion and space for British South Asian muslim women / Rashida Bibi

State building in Kosova : an intersectional analysis / Kaltrina Kusari

Reflections on the theory and practice of intersectionality : immigration and health provision services in Brazil / Ilana Mountian and Elena Calvo-Gonzalez

Realizations of the activism of intersectionality

Revolutionary spaces? [re]imagining and transforming work to end violence against black women and girls / Dorett Jones and Marai Larasi

Understanding the macroaggressions underscoring the invisibility of black female victims of police violence within black lives matter protests / Kamaria Muntu

"They like you to pretend to be something you are not" : an exploration of working with the intersections of gender, sexuality, "race", religion and "refugeeness", through the experience of lesbian immigration support group (LISG) members and volunteers / Nina Held and Karen McCarthy

Indian women on the margins of nation and feminism / Sonia Soans

Fault lines : black feminist intersectional practice working to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) / Camille Kumar

The impossibility of adulthood with a learning disability and the possibilities of digital activism / Rachel Robbins

The activism of intersectionality: a tool for feminist political articulations, possibilities, tensions and challenges / Itziar Gandarias Goikoetxea

Breaking the silence: women, intersectionality, community radio and empowerment / Annette Rimmer

Conclusion: contextual intersectionality : a conversation / Suryia Nayak, Marisela Montenegro, and Joan Pujol

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138628168

1138628166

OCLC:

1030445965