Looking Back to Look Forward: Exploring Crenshaw’s Political, Structural, and Representational Intersectionality in Sport

Author(s)

• Allison Anders Ph.D., University of South CarolinaFollow
• James M. DeVita
• Leslee A. Fisher
• Chris Corr
• Christina L. Myers

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Engaging with Kimberlé Crenshaw’s concept of intersectionality, the authors (re)turn to its genesis in critical race theory (CRT) and specifically, its forms of structural intersectionality, political intersectionality, and representational intersectionality. Discussing each form in relation to contemporary issues in sport that Black women and women of Color navigate, they argue that Crenshaw’s intersectionality provides additional compelling layers of engagement with existing intersectional scholarship and scholarship about activism in sport, invites structural and discursive change through intersectional policies and practice, and promotes coalition building toward intersectional racial justice in sport.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1177/15327086231207825

Publication Info

Published in Volume 24, Issue 1, 2023.

Rights

© 2023 SAGE Publications

APA Citation

Anders, A. D., DeVita, J., Fisher, L. A., Corr, C., & Myers, C. L. (2023). Looking back to look forward: Exploring Crenshaw’s political, structural, and representational intersectionality in sport. Cultural Studies Critical Methodologies, 24(1).https://doi.org/10.1177/15327086231207825