Intersectionality: A Foundations and Frontiers Reader - Softcover

"This well-curated and insightfully organized collection will be a tremendous resource both to novices wanting to learn about the origins and rationale for the concept of intersectionality, as well as those looking for cutting-edge applications in theory, policy, and research."
Elizabeth R. Cole, University of Michigan

"This engaging and informative text gathers in one location the key, interdisciplinary texts that will give my students a broad understanding of intersectionality s evolution."
Laura Gillman, Virginia Tech

"This reader is an invaluable resource on learning and teaching about intersectionality. Setting it apart is Patrick Grzanka s innovative mapping of the multiple, interdisciplinary, and diverse arcs that constitute the field... Essential reading for anyone seeking breadth and depth in intersectionality as a critical social theory and methodology."
Jyoti Puri, Simmons College

Intersectionality: A Foundations and Frontiers Reader is an accessible, primary-source driven exploration of intersectionality in sociology and related fields. The book maps the origins of the concept, particularly in Black feminist thought and sociology, opens the discourse to challenges and applications across disciplines and outside academia, and explores the leading edges of scholarship to reveal important new directions for inquiry and activism.
Charting the development of intersectionality as an intellectual and political movement, Patrick R. Grzanka brings together in one text both foundational readings and emerging classics. Original material includes: Grzanka s nuanced introduction which provides broad context and poses guiding questions; thematic unit introductions; author biographies and suggestions for further reading to ground each excerpt; and a conclusion by Bonnie Thornton Dill reflecting on the past, present, and future of intersectionality. With its balanced mix of analytical, applied, and original content, Intersectionality is an essential component of any course on race, class, and gender, feminist theory, or social inequalities.

Patrick R. Grzanka is an Honors Faculty Fellow at Barrett, the Honors College and affiliate faculty of the Center for Biology & Society at Arizona State University. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and his interdisciplinary scholarship has appeared in such journals as Symbolic Interaction, Journal of Counseling Psychology, and American Journal of Bioethics: Neuroscience.