Approaches to Research on Intersectionality: Perspectives on Gender, LGBT, and Racial/Ethnic Identities
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Approaches to Research on Intersectionality: Perspectives on Gender, LGBT, and Racial/Ethnic Identities Mike C. Parent & Cirleen DeBlaere & Bonnie Moradi
Published online: 24 April 2013 # Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Abstract Intersectionality theories, or the recognition of multiple interlocking identities, defined by relative sociocultural power and privilege, constitute a vital step forward in research across multiple domains of inquiry. This special issue, which extends Shields (2008) contribution in Sex Roles, provides an opportunity to reflect on past, present, and future promise in intersectionality scholarship. To provide a common ground for this work, each paper in this special issue addresses the intersections of gender; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT); and racial/ethnic identities and related experiences. In this introduction, we (1) provide an overview of definitions and conceptualizations of intersectionality, (2) discuss the various approaches utilized in this issue to conceptualize and assess gender, LGBT, and racial/ethnic identities, (3) describe how these conceptualizations and assessments were translated into analyses of intersectionality, and (4) close with a discussion of some additional approaches and considerations intended to advance intersectionality research. Keywords Intersectionality . Gender . Sexual orientation . Race/ethnicity
Introduction This special issue of Sex Roles: A Journal of Research is the second special issue of this journal to focus on the topic of M. C. Parent (*) Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Florida, USA e-mail: [email protected] C. DeBlaere Department of Education and Human Services, Lehigh University, Lehigh, Bethlehem, PA, USA e-mail: [email protected] B. Moradi Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Florida, USA e-mail: [email protected]
intersectionality. In the first issue, Shields (2008), the guest editor, provided an insightful overview of intersectionality and the series of articles represented a groundbreaking compilation of topics and approaches in intersectionality research. Myriad issues were addressed, including methodological challenges in conducting intersectionality research (Bowleg 2008); immigrant identities (Mahalingam et al. 2008); concepts of feminism among feminist-identified Latino men (Hurtado and Sinha 2008); race, gender, and encounters with law enforcement (Dottolo and Stewart 2008); and questioning of gender and sexual identity over time (Diamond and Butterworth 2008), to name only a few. Importantly, Shields and the contributors to that special issue aimed to offer a set of “best practices” in intersectionality research. Half a decade has now passed since that innovative issue. The present special issue of Sex Roles on intersectionality provides an opportunity to take stock of areas of abeyance, progress, and future promise in intersectionality scholarship. To this end, the intention of this series of articles was not so much to provide an authoritative com
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