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Az interszekcionalitás elméleti megközelítései
Methodological approach to Intersectionality

Author(s): Zsuzsa Sebestyén
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Gender Studies
Published by: Debreceni Egyetem Politikatudományi és Szociológiai Intézet
Keywords: intersectionality; gender; inequality dimensions

Summary/Abstract: Intersectionality as an inequality conception or a particular perspective was already introduced to the readers of the Metszetek in 2014. In this study I undertake to review some methodological approaches to intersectionality. Moreover, I strive to make an effort to emphasize the adaptibility of intersectionality. Based on the new tendency which has been noticable recently in the inequality dimensions. I delineate, this tendency has completely transformed the focus away from an overemphasis on gender equality towards those suffering multiple, complex forms of discrimination. Many of the feminist scholars deal and dealt with the connection to inequality dimensions (principally race, class and gender). Necessary to pinpoint that indeed intersectionality does not command an unitary definition. A vast number of the international feminist scholars created their own intersectionalty definition, from which I am going to underline some. From among the methodological approaches I focus on Choo and Ferree’s intersectional statement; “Inclusion-centered interpretations, Process-centered models, Systemic inter sectionality: Institutional interpenetration”. In this paper I announce two sociological studies that were undertaken using inter sectionality method. Finally a summary is presented that undelines why it is worth scholars exploiting inter sectionality as a methodology

  • Issue Year: 5/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 108-126
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Hungarian