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Discussing the theoretical linkage between intersectionality, social theory and social inequality
Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2011
Sprache
German
Author(s)
Winker, Gabriele
Journal
Volume
21
Issue
1
Start Page
69
End Page
90
Citation
Berliner Journal fur Soziologie 21 (1): 69-90 (2011)
Publisher DOI
Scopus ID
Publisher
Springer VS
ISSN
1862-2593
The following article argues that an in depth analysis of different living conditions requires a theoretical and empirical perspective which does not only take into account class but also other categories of social inequality such as gender, race and body. Departing from the idea that these categories are mutually intertwined, the article suggests an intersectional multi-layered approach which allows to examine reciprocal effects between class, gender, race and body on three different levels: the level of social structures, the level of identity construction and the level of symbolic representation. Considering the theoretical relationship between the analysis of class and social inequality, the article also intends to understand and explain how these different levels of analysis are interrelated, how the linkage between social categories and levels of social reality have to be methodologically reflected and how they can be made accessible in and through empirical research. © VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2011.
Subjects
Body
Class
Gender
Inequality
Intersectionality
Multi-level-analysis
Race
Social structure
DDC Class
300: Social Sciences