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Trojan Bookshelf

This guide provides resources and information for the USC Libraries Trojan Bookshelf Series.

Intersectionality

Critical race theory : the key writings that formed the movement

A key introductory text to critical race theory by Kimberlé Crenshaw, who coined the term "intersectionality".

Intersectionality & Higher Education: Theory, Research, & Praxis

Includes theoretical and conceptual chapters on intersectionality; empirical research using intersectionality frameworks; and chapters focusing on intersectional practices.

Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia

A pathbreaking account of the intersecting roles of race, gender, and class in the working lives of women faculty of color.

Framing Intersectionality: Debates on a Multi-Faceted Concept in Gender Studies

Framing Intersectionality brings together proponents and critics of the concept, to discuss the 'state of the art' with those that have been influential in the debates that surround it.

Intersectionality: Origins, Contestations, Horizons

Author Anna Carastathis argues that intersectionality is a horizon, illuminating ways of thinking that have yet to be realized.