Syllabus for Intersectionality

Intersektionalitet

Syllabus

  • 7.5 credits
  • Course code: 2SC038
  • Education cycle: Second cycle
  • Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Sociology A1N
  • Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (G), Pass with distinction (VG)
  • Established: 2007-01-24
  • Established by:
  • Revised: 2019-12-04
  • Revised by: The Department Board
  • Applies from: Autumn 2020
  • Entry requirements:

    A Bachelor's degree including 90 credits in social sciences.

  • Responsible department: Department of Sociology

Decisions and guidelines

The course is given both as a programme course and as a standalone course. The course may be given in English.

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is for the student to develop an advanced ability to formulate and analyse social problems from an intersectional perspective, and to critically reflect on the importance of such a perspective for sociological theory and methods and for an understanding of societal issues.

Upon completing the course, students should be able to show:

  • an advanced knowledge of the development of theorising about intersectionality and of current theoretical discussions of the concept
  • that they can independently formulate and critically analyse social problems based on theorising and methodological approaches regarding intersectionality
  • that they can reflect critically on what the interplay between power structures based on multiple categorisations implies for theorising and methodological development in research in concerned fields
  • that they can relate theorising about intersectionality to other traditions in sociological theory
  • that they can communicate independently and with critical reflection, in speech and in writing, what an intersectional analysis involves and how it can be carried out.

Content

The course covers the development of theorising and current theoretical discussions of the concept of intersectionality and its use in understanding the interplay between power structures built on categorisations based on such concepts as sex/gender, class, disability, age, ethnicity and sexuality. Furthermore, the course covers the implications of an intersectional perspective for theorising and methodological development in research in these various fields. Emphasis is given both to the relationship with theorising about each particular categorisation and the relationship with general sociological theorising. Different methodological perspectives for intersectional analysis are treated. Theoretical and methodological problems in intersectional perspectives are highlighted based on empirical studies and current international scientific articles.

Instruction

The teaching consists of lectures, seminars and a take-home exam. Participation in seminars is always compulsory. Absence from compulsory components can only partially be compensated by written assignments. If the requirements of attendance are not met the student is referred to the next occasion the course is offered.

Assessment

The course is assessed through a take-home exam, written assignments and active participation in seminars. Assignments that are submitted after the deadline cannot be approved. Students who miss a deadline are referred to the next examination opportunity. If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. Special reasons can include notification of special educational support from the university disability coordinator.

Syllabus Revisions

Reading list

Reading list

A revised version of the reading list is available.

Applies from: Autumn 2020

Some titles may be available electronically through the University library.

  • Anthias, F. Transnational Mobilities, Migration Research and Intersection-ality Towards a translocational frame

    Part of:

    Nordic Journal of Migration Research

    "Versita",

    vol. 2 (2012) nr. 2 s. 102-110

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Bell, D.; Binnie, J. Authenticating queer space: Citizenship, urbanism and governance

    Part of:

    Urban studies.

    vol. 41 (2004) nr. 9 s. 1807-1820

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Bentley, Judy Deconstructing Symbolic Identities and Building on Eco-ability: Expanding the Domain of Environmental Justice, in The Intersectionality of Critical Animal, Disability, and Environmental Studies Toward Eco-ability, Justice, and Liberation (Nocella, Amber & Schatz)

    Lexington: Lanham, 2017

    pp. 19-40

    Mandatory

  • Bowleg, L. “Once you’ve blended the cake, you can’t take the parts back to the main ingredients”: Black gay and bisexual men’s descriptions and experiences of intersectionality

    Part of:

    Sex roles : a journal of research

    New York: Plenum Press, 1975-

    vol. 68 (2013) nr. 11-12 s. 754-767

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Choo, H.; Ferree, MM. Practicing intersectionality in sociological research: a critical analysis of inclusions and institutions in the study of inequalities

    Part of:

    Sociological theory

    San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1983-

    vol. 28 (2010) nr. 2 s. 129–149

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Collins, Patricia Hill Intersectionality’s Definitional Dilemmas

    Part of:

    Annual review of sociology.

    vol. 41 (2015) s. 1-20

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Eriksson, Åsa Resisting feminised precarity : farm workers in post-strike Western Cape, South Africa

    Stockholm: Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies, Stockholm University, [2018]

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Fenster, T. The right to the gendered city: Different formations of belonging in everyday life

    Part of:

    Journal of gender studies [Elektronisk resurs]

    London : Taylor & Francis: 1999-

    vol. 14 (2005) nr. 3 s. 217-231

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Gordon, Linda Intersectionality’, Socialist Feminism and Contemporary Activism: Musings by a Second-Wave Socialist Feminist’

    Part of:

    Gender & history

    vol. 28 (2016) nr. 2 s. 340–357

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Hancock, Ange-Marie The Activist Roots of Intersectionality

    Part of:

    Intersectionality : an intellectual history

    New York: Oxford University Press, 2016

    (2016) s. 37-72

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Jackson, S. Gender, sexuality and heterosexuality: The complexity (and limits) of heteronormativity

    Part of:

    Feminist theory.

    vol. 7 (2006) nr. 1 s. 105-121

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Lindsay, Keisha God, Gays, and Progressive Politics: Reconceptualizing Intersectionality as a Normatively Malleable Analytical Framework

    Part of:

    Perspectives on politics

    vol. 11 (2013) nr. 2 s. 447-460

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • McCall, L. The complexity of intersectionality

    Part of:

    Signs : journal of women in culture and society

    Chicago, Ill.: Chicago U. P., 1975-

    vol. 30 (2005) s. 1771 – 1800

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • McClintock, Anne “No Longer in a Future Heaven”: Women and Nationalism in South Africa

    Part of:

    Transition

    Danderyd: Funsport Media, 2002-2015

    vol. 51 (1991) s. 104–123

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • McDermott, E. The world some have won: Sexuality, class and inequality

    Part of:

    Sexualities : studies in culture and society

    London: Sage, 1998-

    vol. 14 (2011) nr. 1 s. 63-78

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Monro, S.; Richardson, D. Intersectionality and sexuality: The case of sexuality and transgender equalities work in UK local government

    Part of:

    Theorizing intersectionality and sexuality [Elektronisk resurs]

    Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

    (2010) s. 99-118

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Sandberg, L.; Tollefsen, A. Talking about fear of violence in public space: female and male narratives about threatening situations in Umeå, Sweden

    Part of:

    Social & cultural geography.

    Basingstoke, Hants: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2000-

    vol. 11 (2010) nr. 1 s. 1-15

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    Mandatory

  • Valentine, G. Theorizing and researching intersectionality: A challenge for feminist geography

    Part of:

    Professional geographer : [Elektronisk resurs]

    Oxford: Blackwell, 1997-

    vol. 59 (2007) nr. 1 s. 10-21

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Vickers, J. Bringing nations in: Some methodological and conceptual issues in connecting feminisms with nationhood and nationalisms

    Part of:

    International feminist journal of politics

    vol. 8 (2006) nr. 1 s. 84-109

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Winker, Gabriele; Degele, Nina Intersectionality as multi-level analysis: Dealing with social inequality

    Part of:

    The European journal of women's studies [Elektronisk resurs]

    London: Sage, 1999-

    vol. 18 (2011) nr. 1 s. 51-66

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Yuval‐Davis, N. Intersectionality, citizenship and contemporary politics of belonging

    Part of:

    Critical review of international social and political philosophy [Elektronisk resurs]

    London: Frank Cass, c1998-

    vol. 10 (2007) nr. 4 s. 561-574

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    Mandatory

  • Zakiya, Luna “Truly a Women of Color Organization” Negotiating Sameness and Difference in Pursuit of Intersectionality

    Part of:

    Gender & society.

    vol. 30 (2016) nr. 5 s. 769-790

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

Recommended readings

  • Benedicto, B. The queer afterlife of the postcolonial city: (Trans) gender performance and the war of beautification

    Part of:

    Antipode [Elektronisk resurs] : a radical journal of geography

    Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 1997-

    vol. 47 (2015) nr. 3 s. 580-597

    Find in the library

  • Crenshaw, Kimberlé Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity, and Violence Against Women of Color

    Part of:

    Stanford law review.

    [Stanford, Calif.: School of Law, Stanford University,

    vol. 43 (1991) nr. 6 s. 1241–1300

    Find in the library

  • Kim-Puri, H. J. Conceptualizing gender-sexuality-state-nation: An introduction

    Part of:

    Gender & society.

    vol. 19 (2005) nr. 2 s. 137-159

    Find in the library

  • Knapp, G-A ‘Race, class, gender, reclaiming baggage in fast traveling theories’

    Part of:

    European Journal of English Studies [Elektronisk resurs]

    2009-2012

    vol. 12 (2005) nr. 3 s. 249–265

    Find in the library

  • Martinez Dy, Angela; Martin, Lee; Marlow, Susan Developing a Critical Realist Positional Approach to Intersectionality

    Part of:

    Journal of critical realism [Elektronisk resurs]

    London: Equinox, 2002-

    vol. 13 (2015) nr. 5 s. 447-466

    Find in the library

  • Rodó-de-Zárate, M. Young lesbians negotiating public space: an intersectional approach through places

    Part of:

    Children's geographies

    vol. 13 (2015) nr. 4 s. 413-434

    Find in the library

  • Rooke, A. Navigating embodied lesbian cultural space: Toward a lesbian habitus

    Part of:

    Space and culture.

    Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2002-

    vol. 10 (2007) nr. 2 s. 231-252

    Find in the library

  • Sandoval, C. U.S. third world feminism: The theory and method of oppositional consciousness in the postmodern world

    Part of:

    Genders [Elektronisk resurs]

    Boulder, Colo.: Genders, c1998-

    vol. 10 (1991) s. 1–24

    Find in the library

  • Walby, Sylvia; Armstrong, Jo; Strid, Sofia Intersectionality: Multiple Inequalities in Social Theory

    Part of:

    Sociology.

    vol. 46 (2012) nr. 2 s. 224-240

    Find in the library

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