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DOI: 10.1017/S1743923X07000062
In the 10 years that I have conducted intersectional research, my views have changed significantly in terms of how I conceptualize the subspecialization. Originally I thought of intersectionality as a content-based specialization that emphasized the subjectivity of women who reside at the intersections of race-, gender-, class-, and sexual orientationbased marginalizations (and other categories of difference). Thinking of it in this way, with a focus on content, follows the logic of much groundbreaking work in womens studies and women and politics scholarship. The primary pursuit of this focus is inclusion incorporating previously ignored and excluded populations into preexisting frameworks to broaden our knowledge base regarding traditional questions of political science. For example, examining gender differences in voting behavior, party identification, candidate recruitment, and social movements has contributed critical knowledge to the discipline of political science.
In a very similar way, questions about black womens feminist opinions (Simien 2004), Latinas participation in social movements (Montoya, Hardy Fanta, and Garcia 2000), and Native American womens struggle for equal rights in tribal politics (Prindeville 2004) are all contributing valuable knowledge to political science and other disciplines. Such work on specific populations moves beyond a singular emphasis on race-based OR gender-based OR sexual orientationbased stratification. Intersectional research has long focused on expanding what is considered relevant to women as a group facing diversity within and significant political challenges without.
Intersectionality as a Normative and Empirical Paradigm Ange-Marie Hancock, Yale University
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As these citations suggest, this kind of work has taken place in multiple locations simultaneously, often unbeknownst to intersectional scholars immersed in their study of a specific intersectional group. This immersion explains why...