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date: 15 March 2022

Crenshaw, Kimberlé (1959–) American legal and critical race scholar, 

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A Dictionary of Gender Studies
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Gabriele Griffin

renowned for her promotion of the notion of *intersectionality. This explains how the interrelation between different social identity categories such as race, gender, and class, as well as other factors, combine in systems and structures of oppression and discrimination. She is best known for the article ‘Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color’, published in the ... ...

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