The University of North Carolina Press

The Intersectional Approach

Transforming the Academy through Race, Class, and Gender

Edited By Michele Tracy Berger and Kathleen Guidroz

Intersectionality, or the consideration of race, class, and gender, is one of the prominent contemporary theoretical contributions made by scholars in the field of women's studies that now broadly extends across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Taking stock of this transformative paradigm, The Intersectional Approach guides new and established researchers to engage in a critical reflection about the broad adoption of intersectionality that constitutes what the editors call a new "social literacy" for scholars.

In eighteen essays, contributors examine various topics of interest to students and researchers from a feminist perspective as well as through their respective disciplines, looking specifically at gender inequalities related to globalization, health, motherhood, sexuality, body image, and aging. Together, these essays provide a critical overview of the paradigm, highlight new theoretical and methodological advances, and make a strong case for the continued use of the intersectional approach both within the borders of women's and gender studies and beyond.

Contributors:

Lidia Anchisi, Gettysburg College

Naomi André, University of Michigan

Jean Ait Belkhir, Southern University at New Orleans

Michele Tracy Berger, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kia Lilly Caldwell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Elizabeth R. Cole, University of Michigan

Kimberlé Crenshaw, University of California, Los Angeles

Bonnie Thornton Dill, University of Maryland

Michelle Fine, Graduate Center, City University of New York

Jennifer Fish, Old Dominion University

Mako Fitts, Seattle University

Kathleen Guidroz, Mount St. Marys University

Ivette Guzmán-Zavala, Lebanon Valley College

Kaaren Haldeman, Durham, North Carolina

Catherine E. Harnois, Wake Forest University

AnaLouise Keating, Texas Womans University

Rachel E. Luft, University of New Orleans

Gary K. Perry, Seattle University

Jennifer Rothchild, University of Minnesota, Morris

Ann Russo, DePaul University

Natalie J. Sabik, University of Michigan

Jessica Holden Sherwood, University of Rhode Island

Yvette Taylor, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom

Nira Yuval-Davis, University of East London

About the Author

Michele Tracy Berger is associate professor of women's studies and adjunct professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kathleen Guidroz is assistant professor of sociology at Mount St. Mary's University.