Blackness at the Intersection

A ground-breaking collection applying Crenshaw''s concept of intersectionality to the black diasporic experience in Britain. In the 1980s, Professor Kimberle Crenshaw first coined the term ''intersectionality''. Since then, the concept has spread across national and disciplinary boundaries, and has had a transformative impact on the way in which we understand identity and the experience of discrimination. But outside the US, the application of intersectional theory has largely been disconnected from any analysis of ''Blackness'', despite intersectionality''s origins in critical race theory (CRT). Curated by Crenshaw, Andrews and Wilson as well as several of the leading scholars of CRT, this collection bridges that gap, and is the first to apply both these concepts to contexts outside the US. Focusing on Blackness in Britain, the contributors examine how scholars and activists are employing intersectionality to foreground Black British experiences. Its essays encompass key issues such as gender and Black womanhood, issues of representation within contemporary British culture, and the position of Black Britons within institutions such as the family, education and health. The book also looks to the role intersectionality can play in shaping future political activism, and in forging links beyond ''Blackness'' to other social movements.>

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• Authors: Kehinde Andrews, Kimberle Crenshaw, Kimberle Carbado Crenshaw, Anna Wilson
• Assisted by: Kehinde Andrews (Editor), Andrews Kehinde (Editor), Devon Carbado (Editor), Kimberle Crenshaw (Editor), Kimberlé Crenshaw (Editor), Kehinde (Editor), Rews (Editor), Annabel Wilson (Editor), Wilson Annabel (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781786998651
• ISBN: 978-1-78699-865-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 214 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Blackness in Britain
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, Cultural Studies, Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Political activism, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, Relating to Black British people, Human rights, civil rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Black & Asian Studies, Christian aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Political activism / Political engagement, Social discrimination and social justice, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, For undergraduate education and equivalents, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents