Intersectional perspectives in Feminist Criticism

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1. *Intersectional Perspectives in Feminist Criticism* (Expansion of Showalter's framework to include race,class,sexuality, and other identity factors) AGENDA

2. MD NAEEM UDDIN M.A. Hon's ID: ASH1907051M

3. Intersectionality? Intersectionality is a term used to describe how different factors of discrimination can meet at an intersection and can affect someone's life. e.g. Race, Class, Sexuality, Culture etc.

4. RISE OF INTERSECTIONALITY • In 1989, Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term intersectionality •African-American women • Essay: "Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A black Feminist Critique of Anti-discrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics". Failure of "White Feminism"

5. “If we aren’t intersectional, some of us, the most vulnerable, are going to fall through the cracks” - Kimberlé Crenshaw

6. CAPITALISM & INTERSECTIONALITY •Gender inequality •Class Opression •Marginalization •Race Intersectionality raises a Question: What if someone is a WOMEN from Lower Marginalized Class and having a "Black Skin"?

7. Expansion of Elaine Showalter's Framework Rejected "Endocentrism", prioritizes "Gynocentrism" thus focuses on "Gynocriticism", a literary project to expand women's writing to reduce discrimination. Black feminism philosophy centers on the idea that "Black women are inherently valuable" Talks about: Racism, Sexism. • i.e. Kimberle Crenshaw Black Feminism Focuses on Economic independence; Marxist feminists consider intersectionality as a lens to view the interaction of different aspects of identity as a result of structured, systematic oppression. Marxist Feminism Conventional interpretation was criticized. e.g. First wave & Second Wave and White Supremacy. Deconstructionist

8. “Women! The same rights, the same duties.”