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Intersectional Identity and Representative Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2024

Nadia E. Brown Open the ORCID record for Nadia E. Brown [Opens in a new window] ,
Christopher J. Clark ,
Anna M. Mahoney Open the ORCID record for Anna M. Mahoney [Opens in a new window] ,
Orly Siow Open the ORCID record for Orly Siow [Opens in a new window]  and
Michael G. Strawbridge
Nadia E. Brown
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
Christopher J. Clark
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
Anna M. Mahoney*
Affiliation:
Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and Social Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
Orly Siow
Affiliation:
Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden
Michael G. Strawbridge
Affiliation:
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
*
Corresponding author: Anna M. Mahoney; Email: [email protected]
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Representation scholarship has drawn from intersectionality theory 0to examine how systemic structures of oppression and privilege have created social groups with distinct political needs. Derived from Black feminist theory that recognizes that identities are mutually constitutive and interconnected, intersectionality research is rooted in the lived experiences of marginalized groups who call attention to social (in)justice. Empirical scholarship building on the insights of Black feminist theorists such as Collins and Bilge (2016), Hill Collins (1990), Crenshaw (1989; 1991), and King (1988) has constituted nothing less than a paradigm shift in the study of gender and politics. Nevertheless, there remain an array of opportunities to expand upon the potential for intersectional frameworks and methods, as well as pressing new questions concerning the operationalization of intersectionality itself. This Critical Perspectives section offers a moment to take stock of these developments and debates, as well as to highlight new pathways for scholarship committed to centering the margins and considering the nexus of multiple power structures that frame our political lives.

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Politics & Gender , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 2024 , pp. 727 - 733
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Women, Gender, and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association

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