Intersectionality kimberlé crenshaw
A Foundations and Frontiers Reader is an accessible primary source driven exploration of intersectionality in sociology and related fields The book maps the origins of the concept particularly in Black feminist thought and sociology opens the discourse to challenges and applications across disciplines and outside academia and explores the leading edges of scholarship to reveal important new directions for inquiry and activism Charting the development of intersectionality as an intellectual and political movement Patrick R Grzanka brings together in one text both foundational readings and emerging classics Original material Grzanka s nuanced introduction which provides broad context and poses guiding questions thematic unit introductions author biographies and suggestions for further reading to ground each excerpt and a conclusion by Bonnie Thornton Dill reflecting on the past present and future of intersectionality With its balanced mix of analytical applied and original content Intersectionality is an essential component of any course on race class and gender feminist theory or social inequalities Intersectionality A Foundations and Frontiers Reader.
