SOC263H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bourgeoisie, Feudalism, Information Explosion
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Lecture 1 - the gordian knot of race, class, and gende. Intersectionality - theoretical and methodological tool that helps us understand the effects of ethnicity, social class and sexualities on gender (1) kimberle williams crenshaw. Intersections of various social identities profoundly affect the lives of those who embody these categories . People must be located in terms of their structures that capture power relations implied by those structures. There are unique, non-additive effects of identifying with more than one group. By using this perspective, the researcher looks at the intersecting effects of multiple variables. (2) verna kirkness. Discrimination within discrimination: explains the ways in which. Indigenous women have been marginalized and pushed to the peripheries. Systems of oppression: capitalism, imperialism and patriarchy (tightly binded) The need for gender and racial hierarchies to fuel the systems of oppression (3) black feminist thought by patricia hill-collins. A very small bit of the population exists in hunter gathering.
