“Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color”
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“Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color” is a foundational legal and feminist theory article by Kimberlé Crenshaw that articulates and develops the concept of intersectionality to analyze how overlapping systems of oppression shape the experiences of women of color.
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| instanceOf |
feminist theory article
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legal theory article ⓘ scholarly article ⓘ |
| addresses |
class
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gender ⓘ immigration status ⓘ language barriers ⓘ race ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
make women of color visible within feminist and antiracist discourses
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reform legal and social service responses to violence against women of color ⓘ |
| argues |
antiracist and feminist politics often marginalize women of color
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legal remedies based on a single axis of discrimination are inadequate for women of color ⓘ women of color experience violence through intersecting racial and gender subordination ⓘ |
| author | Kimberlé Crenshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiques |
formal equality approaches in law
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mainstream antiracism ⓘ mainstream feminism ⓘ |
| field |
critical race theory
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feminist legal theory ⓘ gender studies ⓘ socio-legal studies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
domestic violence
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experiences of women of color ⓘ immigration law ⓘ overlapping systems of oppression ⓘ rape crisis interventions ⓘ shelter policies ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary feminist theory
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critical race feminism ⓘ policy debates on violence against women ⓘ socio-legal scholarship on gender and race ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
political intersectionality
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representational intersectionality ⓘ single-axis framework ⓘ structural intersectionality ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
identity politics
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intersectionality ⓘ violence against women of color ⓘ |
| proposes | intersectional analysis of legal and policy frameworks ⓘ |
| theoreticalContribution |
analysis of political intersectionality
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analysis of representational intersectionality ⓘ analysis of structural intersectionality ⓘ critique of single-axis frameworks in antidiscrimination law ⓘ development of intersectionality as an analytic framework ⓘ |
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“Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color”
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