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Introducing intersectionality / Mary Romero.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Short introductionsPublisher: Cambridge : Polity Press, 2018Description: viii, 212 p. : 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780745663678
  • 0745663672
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305 ROM 23
LOC classification:
  • HM488.5 .R65 2018
Contents:
Introduction -- Identifying intersectionality -- Where does intersectionality come from? -- Intersectionality in everyday campus life -- Intersectionality and social identities : examining gender -- Exploring interlocking systems of oppression and privilege -- Intersectional approaches to social issues : the wealth gap, the care crisis, and black lives matter -- Conclusion: intersectionality and social justice.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

How can we hope to understand social inequality without considering race, class, and gender in tandem? How do they interact with other categories such as sexuality, citizenship, and ableism? How does an inclusive analysis of domination and privilege move us closer to solutions touching the lives of diverse populations?

In this clearly written book, Mary Romero presents intersectionality as a core facet of the sociological imagination. One-dimensional approaches are no longer acceptable. Instead, we must examine all systems of oppression simultaneously and how they integrate and work with or against each other to shape life experiences. Recognizing the dynamics of patriarchy, capitalism, and white supremacy, Romero shows how social inequality is maintained or minimized in various social settings and everyday sites of interaction. Drawing the theoretical threads together, the book demonstrates intersectional approaches in action in relation to the care crisis and wealth divide, to highlight the different understandings of these issues and their solutions arising from a comprehensive, intersectional examination.

Offering an overview of scholarly and activist tradition in the development of intersectionality and how to apply intersectionality as a lens to enrich our understandings of social life, this introductory text will be an invaluable and welcome resource for all students of sociology.

Includes references and index

Introduction -- Identifying intersectionality -- Where does intersectionality come from? -- Intersectionality in everyday campus life -- Intersectionality and social identities : examining gender -- Exploring interlocking systems of oppression and privilege -- Intersectional approaches to social issues : the wealth gap, the care crisis, and black lives matter -- Conclusion: intersectionality and social justice.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • 1 Identifying Intersectionality (p. 8)
  • The Rubik's Cube Metaphor (p. 10)
  • Intersectional Analysis of the Inequalities in Parenting and Childhood (p. 11)
  • Examining Parenting through an Intersectional Paradigm (p. 14)
  • Childcare for Working Parents (p. 18)
  • Parenting, Choosing Schools and Socialization (p. 20)
  • Recognizing Institutional Practices at Work (p. 25)
  • State-Market-Family and Institutional Practices Shaping Family Structures (p. 29)
  • Summary (p. 36)
  • 2 Where Does Intersectionality Come From? (p. 38)
  • Coining the Term (p. 39)
  • Early Conceptualizations of Intersectionality (p. 41)
  • Feminists in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s (p. 44)
  • Women of Color Sociologists' Theorizing of Dynamics of Power (p. 48)
  • Social Constructionism (p. 51)
  • Situating Knowledges (p. 54)
  • Main Points (p. 58)
  • Why Intersectionality Matters (p. 59)
  • 3 Intersectionality in Everyday Campus Life (p. 61)
  • Everyday Life Experiences of Black Deaf Women Students (p. 66)
  • Interactions with Low-Wage Employees (p. 71)
  • Summary (p. 78)
  • 4 Intersectionality and Social Identities: Examining Gender (p. 79)
  • Intersectionality and the Construction of Femininity and Womanhood (p. 83)
  • Gender and Intersectionalities of Sexuality (p. 91)
  • Intersectionality and Masculinity (p. 94)
  • Masculinity and Sexuality (p. 108)
  • Summary (p. 111)
  • 5 Exploring Interlocking Systems of Oppression and Privilege (p. 115)
  • Undocuqueer Intersectionality (p. 115)
  • Citizen Status, Immigration Law and Intersectionality (p. 120)
  • Immigration Policing, Surveillance and Intersectionality (p. 130)
  • The Significance of Intersecting Social Identities in Immigrant Organizing (p. 134)
  • Summary (p. 135)
  • 6 Intersectional Approaches to Social Issues: The Wealth Gap, the Care Crisis and Black Lives Matter (p. 136)
  • The Wealth Gap (p. 137)
  • Seeking Intersectional Solutions (p. 151)
  • The Caregiving Social Issue (p. 155)
  • Limitations to One-Dimensional Perspectives (p. 160)
  • Intersectional Solutions to the Structural Issue of Caregiving (p. 162)
  • Black Lives Matter (p. 164)
  • Conclusion: Intersectionality and Social Justice (p. 167)
  • References (p. 174)
  • Index (p. 196)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Mary Romero is Professor of Justice Studies and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University, and 110th President of the American Sociological Association

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