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Preface to Intersectionality Higher Education: Theory, Research, Praxis

  • Bellarmine University

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Abstract

<p> Intersectionality is a term coined by Kimberl&eacute; Crenshaw in 1989. Crenshaw, a scholar of law, critical race theory, and Black feminist legal theory, used intersectionality to explain the experiences of Black women who&horbar;because of the intersection race, gender, and class&horbar;are exposed to exponential and interlocking forms of marginalization and oppression often rendering them invisible.</p>
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationIntersectionality Higher Education: Theory, Research, Praxis
PublisherPeter Lang
EditionSecond edition
ISBN (Print)9781433165351
StatePublished - Mar 1 2019

Keywords

  • intersectionality
  • crenshaw
  • black women
  • black feminist
  • higher education
  • sociology
  • gender studies

Disciplines

  • Education
  • Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Higher Education
  • Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies

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