WGSS 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Stanford Law Review, Identity Politics, Intersectionality
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Mapping the margins: intersectionality, identity politics and violence against women of color . Stanford law review: violence against women of color is ignored, overlooked, misrepresented and/or ignored. Identity = who you are in relationship to others; how you are different or the same: ex) sex, gender, sexuality, race, class, sexual orientation (hetero or homo), etc. Politics = open debate of discussion: idea that there are differences in identity. Particular experiences that may or may not be experienced by others outside of the identified with identity. Individuals who identify in a particular group category: groups to feel safer and to have a group that will understand your experiences ex) racial, gender, etc. Movimientos de rebeldia y las culturas que traicionan and la. Conciencia de la mestiza or towards a new consciousness in borderlands/la frontera: the. New mestiza: by borderlands, meaning opposing identities.