Blackness at the Intersection
Published on 22. February 2024
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-78699-864-4 (ISBN)
Description
A ground-breaking collection applying Crenshaw's concept of intersectionality to the black diasporic experience in Britain.
In the 1980s, Professor Kimberle Crenshaw first coined the term 'intersectionality'. Since then, the concept has spread across national and disciplinary boundaries, and has had a transformative impact on the way in which we understand identity and the experience of discrimination. But outside the US, the application of intersectional theory has largely been disconnected from any analysis of 'Blackness', despite intersectionality's origins in critical race theory (CRT).
Curated by Crenshaw, Andrews and Wilson as well as several of the leading scholars of CRT, this collection bridges that gap, and is the first to apply both these concepts to contexts outside the US. Focusing on Blackness in Britain, the contributors examine how scholars and activists are employing intersectionality to foreground Black British experiences. Its essays encompass key issues such as gender and Black womanhood, issues of representation within contemporary British culture, and the position of Black Britons within institutions such as the family, education and health. The book also looks to the role intersectionality can play in shaping future political activism, and in forging links beyond 'Blackness' to other social movements.
In the 1980s, Professor Kimberle Crenshaw first coined the term 'intersectionality'. Since then, the concept has spread across national and disciplinary boundaries, and has had a transformative impact on the way in which we understand identity and the experience of discrimination. But outside the US, the application of intersectional theory has largely been disconnected from any analysis of 'Blackness', despite intersectionality's origins in critical race theory (CRT).
Curated by Crenshaw, Andrews and Wilson as well as several of the leading scholars of CRT, this collection bridges that gap, and is the first to apply both these concepts to contexts outside the US. Focusing on Blackness in Britain, the contributors examine how scholars and activists are employing intersectionality to foreground Black British experiences. Its essays encompass key issues such as gender and Black womanhood, issues of representation within contemporary British culture, and the position of Black Britons within institutions such as the family, education and health. The book also looks to the role intersectionality can play in shaping future political activism, and in forging links beyond 'Blackness' to other social movements.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78699-864-4 (9781786998644)
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Persons
Kimberle W. Crenshaw is Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, USA. She is a pioneering scholar of critical race theory, who coined the term 'intersectionality'.
Kehinde Andrews is Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University, UK. He is author of Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century (2018), Resisting Racism: Race, Inequality and the Black Supplementary School Movement (2013) and The New Age of Empire (2021).
Annabel Wilson is a sociologist. She has recently completed a PhD at Cardiff University. Annabel is a project manager and research associate on Surviving Storms: The Caribbean Cyclone Cartography project, which is based at Goldsmiths University.
Kehinde Andrews is Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University, UK. He is author of Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century (2018), Resisting Racism: Race, Inequality and the Black Supplementary School Movement (2013) and The New Age of Empire (2021).
Annabel Wilson is a sociologist. She has recently completed a PhD at Cardiff University. Annabel is a project manager and research associate on Surviving Storms: The Caribbean Cyclone Cartography project, which is based at Goldsmiths University.
Content
Dedication
List of Contributors
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Reframing intersectionality
Kimberle Crenshaw, Kehinde Andrews and Annabel Wilson
Part I: Institutional Oppressions
2. Reframing intersectionality: A 'herstory' of my mother
Annabel Wilson
3. Herstories: Black Brazilian women narrating intersectional oppressions in the United Kingdom
Katucha Bento
4. (In)visible Black women (be)longing in Scotland
Francesca Sobande
Part II: Marginalizing Black voices
5. Freshwater fish in saltwater: Black men's accounts navigating discriminatory waters in UK higher education
Constantino Dumangane
6. 'A sweaty concept': Decolonizing the legacies of British slave ownership and archival space
Kelena Reid
7. Black crip killjoys: Dissident voices and neglected stories from the margins
Viji Kuppan
8. Racializing femininity
Mary Igenoza
9. 'It's not even an attitude ... but a way of being!': Negotiating Black British women's lived experiences
Dionne Taylor
Part III: Counter Narratives
10. Fierce intersections: Thinking through portraits of Black queer
youth in Britain
Eddie Bruce-Jones and Ajamu X
11. Mediating the praxis of intersectionality: Curatorial poaching
on Tumblr
Kadian Pow
12. Illuminating experiences among inner-city Black British single
mothers and their sons
Miranda Armstrong
13. 'Stop killing the man dem': Prospects for intersectionality Black politics
Kehinde Andrews
14. Blackness is the intersection
Kimberle Crenshaw, Kehinde Andrews and Annabel Wilson
Notes
Bibliography
Index
List of Contributors
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Reframing intersectionality
Kimberle Crenshaw, Kehinde Andrews and Annabel Wilson
Part I: Institutional Oppressions
2. Reframing intersectionality: A 'herstory' of my mother
Annabel Wilson
3. Herstories: Black Brazilian women narrating intersectional oppressions in the United Kingdom
Katucha Bento
4. (In)visible Black women (be)longing in Scotland
Francesca Sobande
Part II: Marginalizing Black voices
5. Freshwater fish in saltwater: Black men's accounts navigating discriminatory waters in UK higher education
Constantino Dumangane
6. 'A sweaty concept': Decolonizing the legacies of British slave ownership and archival space
Kelena Reid
7. Black crip killjoys: Dissident voices and neglected stories from the margins
Viji Kuppan
8. Racializing femininity
Mary Igenoza
9. 'It's not even an attitude ... but a way of being!': Negotiating Black British women's lived experiences
Dionne Taylor
Part III: Counter Narratives
10. Fierce intersections: Thinking through portraits of Black queer
youth in Britain
Eddie Bruce-Jones and Ajamu X
11. Mediating the praxis of intersectionality: Curatorial poaching
on Tumblr
Kadian Pow
12. Illuminating experiences among inner-city Black British single
mothers and their sons
Miranda Armstrong
13. 'Stop killing the man dem': Prospects for intersectionality Black politics
Kehinde Andrews
14. Blackness is the intersection
Kimberle Crenshaw, Kehinde Andrews and Annabel Wilson
Notes
Bibliography
Index