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Black Intersectionalities
Monica Michlin
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Description for Black Intersectionalities
Hardcover. An important collection which explores the complex interrelationships between race, gender, and sex as these are conceptualised within contemporary thought. Editor(s): Michlin, Monica; Rocchi, Jean-Paul. Series: FORECAAST (Forum for European Contributions to African American Studies). Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
Black Intersectionalities: A Critique for the 21st Century explores the complex interrelationships between race, gender, and sex as these are conceptualised within contemporary thought. Markers of identity are too often isolated and presented as definitive, then examined and theorised, a process that further naturalises their absoluteness; thus socially generated constructs become socialising categories that assume coercive power. The resulting set of oppositions isolate and delimit: male or female, black or white, straight or gay. A new kind of intervention is needed, an intervention that recognises the validity of the researcher’s own self-reflexivity. Focusing on the way identity is both constructed ... Read more
Black Intersectionalities: A Critique for the 21st Century explores the complex interrelationships between race, gender, and sex as these are conceptualised within contemporary thought. Markers of identity are too often isolated and presented as definitive, then examined and theorised, a process that further naturalises their absoluteness; thus socially generated constructs become socialising categories that assume coercive power. The resulting set of oppositions isolate and delimit: male or female, black or white, straight or gay. A new kind of intervention is needed, an intervention that recognises the validity of the researcher’s own self-reflexivity. Focusing on the way identity is both constructed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
FORECAAST (Forum for European Contributions to African American Studies)
Condition
New
Weight
532g
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846319389
SKU
V9781846319389
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About Monica Michlin
Monica Michlin teaches at the Université Paris-Sorbonne. Jean-Paul Rocchi teaches at the Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée.
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