Law, Power and the Politics of Subjectivity
Subtitle: Intersectionality and Beyond
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge Cavendish
Published: October 30, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780415432436
Subjects: General; Law / General; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession
Description: "This collection addresses the present and the future of the concept of intersectionality within socio-legal studies. Intersectionality provides a metaphorical schema for understanding the interaction of different forms of disadvantage, including race, sexuality, and gender. But it also goes further to provide a particular model of how these aspects of social identity and location converge - whether at the level of subjectivity, everyday life, in culture or in the institutional practices of state and other bodies. Including contributions from a range of international scholars, this book interrogates what has become a key organizing concept across a range of disciplines, most particularly law, political theory, and cultural studies." -- Back cover.