Intersections of race, class, gender, and nation: some implications for black family studies.(Special Issue: Comparative Perspectives on Black Family Life, vol 1) From: Journal of Comparative Family Studies | Date: March 22, 1998| Author: Collins, Patricia Hill | COPYRIGHT 1998 University of Calgary. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This article explores how recent theoretical developments in viewing race, social class, gender, and nation as dimensions of interlocking systems of oppression might suggest new directions for Black family studies. Traditional social science approaches typically treat race, class, gender, and nationality as descriptive variables attached to individuals who are then reinserted into existing theoretical models on the family. In contrast, intersectional approaches view institutionalized racism, ...

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