Intersectional (Feminist) Activisms

This book includes essays that directly uncover how power asymmetries and related forms of marginalization and oppression function in the political and policy arenas with a special emphasis on the intersection of several systems of subordination.

This edited volume tackles two main questions: first, what are the main claims, struggles, and possibilities of contemporary intersectional feminisms; and second, how shall we, as scholars, address intersectional (feminist) activisms in our research – theoretically, methodologically, and empirically. These issues are debated from several intersectional (feminist) perspectives, locations, and positionalities. The globally oriented and empirically grounded scope of this volume is undeniable. This book goes beyond the Western hegemony in intersectionality-related research and knowledge production, bringing in practices, experiences, and critical perspectives of intersectional (feminist) scholars and activists who are not necessarily located in the most privileged social, political, and financial milieus.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars from across the social sciences and humanities with an interest in intersectionality, gender, feminism, racism, LGBT+ and queer studies, activism and social movement studies. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy.

Serena D’Agostino is Senior Researcher in Political Science at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium. Her work has been published in the European Journal of Politics and Gender, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, and Politics, Groups, and Identities, among others.

Nadia E. Brown is Professor of Government and Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA. She is co-author of Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites (2021).