Metaphors of intersectionality: reframing the debate with a new proposal

Whereas intersectionality presents a fruitful framework for theoretical and empirical research, some of its fundamental features present great confusion. The term ‘intersectionality’ and its metaphor of the crossroads seem to reproduce what it aims to avoid: conceiving categories as separate. Despit...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Rodó-Zárate, Maria, Jorba Grau, Marta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/60445
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/60445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1350506820930734
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Feminist theory
Gender
Intersectionality
Metaphor
Reification
Social category
id ES_2d3e3b03e4847b67bf72ce64bc49005c
oai_identifier_str oai:recercat.cat:10230/60445
network_acronym_str ES
network_name_str España
repository_id_str
spelling Metaphors of intersectionality: reframing the debate with a new proposalRodó-Zárate, MariaJorba Grau, MartaFeminist theoryGenderIntersectionalityMetaphorReificationSocial categoryWhereas intersectionality presents a fruitful framework for theoretical and empirical research, some of its fundamental features present great confusion. The term ‘intersectionality’ and its metaphor of the crossroads seem to reproduce what it aims to avoid: conceiving categories as separate. Despite the attempts for developing new metaphors that illustrate the mutual constitution relation among categories, gender, race or class keep being imagined as discrete units that intersect, mix or combine. Here we identify two main problems in metaphors: the lack of differentiation between positions and effects and the problem of reification. We then present a new metaphor that overcomes these two problems: a basket of apples. We argue that considering social positions as the diverse properties of different apples avoids reification by considering categories as properties and not as objects themselves, and at the same time it allows us to think about the effects dimension from a plural and contextual approach. With this shift, we propose a reframing of the discussion in debates on intersectionality theory on the relation among categories, their in/separability and fragmentation.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial supportfor the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: Financial support for this work was provided by postdoctoral fellows IJCI-2017-34112 (M.J.) and IJCI-2016-27422 (M. R-Z). MJ also acknowledges the support of the project Social Metaphysics: PGC2018-094563-B-I00 MCIU/AEI/FEDER UE.SAGE Publications202420242022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/60445http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1350506820930734reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésEuropean Journal of Women's Studies. 2022 Feb;29(1):23-38info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PGC2018-094563-B-I00Rodó-Zárate M, Jorba M. Metaphors of intersectionality: reframing the debate with a new proposal. European journal of women's studies. 2022 Feb;29(1):23-38. © The Author(s) 2020. DOI: 10.1177/1350506820930734info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/604452026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Metaphors of intersectionality: reframing the debate with a new proposal
title Metaphors of intersectionality: reframing the debate with a new proposal
spellingShingle Metaphors of intersectionality: reframing the debate with a new proposal
Rodó-Zárate, Maria
Feminist theory
Gender
Intersectionality
Metaphor
Reification
Social category
title_short Metaphors of intersectionality: reframing the debate with a new proposal
title_full Metaphors of intersectionality: reframing the debate with a new proposal
title_fullStr Metaphors of intersectionality: reframing the debate with a new proposal
title_full_unstemmed Metaphors of intersectionality: reframing the debate with a new proposal
title_sort Metaphors of intersectionality: reframing the debate with a new proposal
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rodó-Zárate, Maria
Jorba Grau, Marta
author Rodó-Zárate, Maria
author_facet Rodó-Zárate, Maria
Jorba Grau, Marta
author_role author
author2 Jorba Grau, Marta
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Feminist theory
Gender
Intersectionality
Metaphor
Reification
Social category
topic Feminist theory
Gender
Intersectionality
Metaphor
Reification
Social category
description Whereas intersectionality presents a fruitful framework for theoretical and empirical research, some of its fundamental features present great confusion. The term ‘intersectionality’ and its metaphor of the crossroads seem to reproduce what it aims to avoid: conceiving categories as separate. Despite the attempts for developing new metaphors that illustrate the mutual constitution relation among categories, gender, race or class keep being imagined as discrete units that intersect, mix or combine. Here we identify two main problems in metaphors: the lack of differentiation between positions and effects and the problem of reification. We then present a new metaphor that overcomes these two problems: a basket of apples. We argue that considering social positions as the diverse properties of different apples avoids reification by considering categories as properties and not as objects themselves, and at the same time it allows us to think about the effects dimension from a plural and contextual approach. With this shift, we propose a reframing of the discussion in debates on intersectionality theory on the relation among categories, their in/separability and fragmentation.
publishDate 2022
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2022
2024
2024
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
format article
status_str acceptedVersion
dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/10230/60445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1350506820930734
url http://hdl.handle.net/10230/60445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1350506820930734
dc.language.none.fl_str_mv Inglés
language_invalid_str_mv Inglés
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv European Journal of Women's Studies. 2022 Feb;29(1):23-38
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PGC2018-094563-B-I00
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv SAGE Publications
publisher.none.fl_str_mv SAGE Publications
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
instname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
instname_str Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
reponame_str Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
collection Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
repository.name.fl_str_mv
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1869405302010413056
score 15,812429

Similares en LA Referencia