Winker, GabrieleGabrieleWinkerDegele, NinaNinaDegele2018-03-022018-03-022011-01European Journal of Women's Studies 1 (18): 51-66 (2011)http://tubdok.tub.tuhh.de/handle/11420/1565The concept of intersectionality is on its way to becoming a new paradigm in gender studies. In its current version, it denominates reciprocities between gender, race and class. However, it also allows for the integration of other socially defined categories, such as sexuality, nationality or age. On the other hand, it is widely left unclear as to which level these reciprocal effects apply: the level of social structures, the level of constructions of identity or the level of symbolic representations. This article advocates an intersectional multi-level analysis which takes into account reciprocal effects between the various levels. This approach includes an analytical grasp of and methodical reflection on these reciprocal effects as well as making them empirically accessible.en1350-5068201115166http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/classgenderidentityinequalityintersectionalitymethodologymulti-level analysisracerepresentationsocial structureSozialwissenschaften, SoziologieJournal Articleurn:nbn:de:gbv:830-8821964410.15480/882.156211420/156510.1177/135050681038608410.15480/882.1562Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich. This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.Other