Intersectionality as critical social theory / Patricia Hill Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill Collins, Patricia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intersectionality (Sociology).

Critical theory.

Social change.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

xi, 360 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Offers a set of analytical tools for those wishing to develop intersectionality's capability to theorize social inequality in ways that would facilitate social change. While intersectionality helps shed light on contemporary social issues, Collins notes that it has yet to reach its full potential as a critical social theory. She contends that for intersectionality to fully realize its power, its practitioners must critically reflect on its assumptions, epistemologies, and methods. She places intersectionality in dialog with several theoretical traditions--from the Frankfurt school to black feminist thought--to sharpen its definition and foreground its singular critical purchase, thereby providing a capacious interrogation into intersectionality's potential to reshape the world.

Contents:

Intersectionality as critical inquiry

What's critical about critical social theory?

Intersectionality and resistant knowledge projects

Intersectionality and epistemic resistance

Intersectionality, experience, and community

Intersectionality and the question of freedom

Relationality within intersectionality

Intersectionality without social justice?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-351) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hill Collins, Patricia. Intersectionality as critical social theory.

ISBN:

9781478005421

1478005424

9781478006466

1478006463

OCLC:

1084619320