SOC 603 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Intersectionality, Patricia Arquette

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 603
• Professor: nayrouz abu hatoum

Document Summary

Overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination. Intersectionality is the idea that multiple identities intersect to create a whole that is different from the component identities. These aspects of identity are not "unitary, mutually exclusive entities, but rather reciprocally constructing phenomena". The theory proposes that individuals think of each element or trait of a person as inextricably linked with all of the other elements in order to fully understand one"s identity. Intersectionality is the study of interconnections between different systems, social processes and representations of discrimination and oppression (mandell and johnson, These social systems are constituted through socio-cultural forms such as race, class, gender, sexuality, ability/disability, etc. Intersectionality is a theoretical, activist, and literary framework which recognizes that all aspects of our identity, positionality and experiences are inherently interconnected. It is an approach that demands us to recognize that our identities and experiences are complex.