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8 hours ago · Intersectionality is a sociological analytical framework for understanding how groups' and individuals' social and political identities result in unique combinations of discrimination and privilege. Examples of these factors include gender, caste, sex, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, religion, disability, height, age, and weight. [1]
8 hours ago · Abstract. The novels analyzed in this chapter incorporate thematically oriented forms of theory. Patricia Duncker’s Hallucinating Foucault integrates parts of Michel Foucault’s discourse analysis and queer theory. The novel presents various options (of desire, sex, the ‘normal’, etc.), destabilizing their authority and hinting at the ...
1 day ago · It is commonly agreed that racism existed before the coinage of the word, but there is not a wide agreement on a single definition of what racism is and what it is not. Today, some scholars of racism prefer to use the concept in the plural racisms, in order to emphasize its many different forms that do not easily fall under a single definition.
8 hours ago · In the United States, politics functions within a framework of a constitutional federal republic. The three distinct branches hold share powers: the U.S. Congress which forms the legislative branch, a bicameral legislative body comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate; the executive branch, which is headed by the president of the ...
