Introduction

Introduction

While the declared global “refugee crisis” has received considerable scholarly attention, little of it has focused on the intersecting dynamics of oppression, discrimination, violence, and subjugation. Introducing the special issue, this article defines feminist “intersectionality” as a research fr...

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Main Authors: Anna Carastathis, Natalie Kouri-Towe, Gada Mahrouse, Leila Whitley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: York University Libraries 2018-06-01
Series:Refuge
Online Access:https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/40495
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spelling doaj-ce317c8592ac462f8d96ffd91d64e0b72020-11-25T03:08:09ZengYork University LibrariesRefuge 0229-51131920-73362018-06-0134110.7202/1050850arIntroductionAnna Carastathis0Natalie Kouri-Towe1Gada Mahrouse2Leila Whitley3Independent researcherUniversity of PittsburghSimone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia UniversityUniversity of Konstanz While the declared global “refugee crisis” has received considerable scholarly attention, little of it has focused on the intersecting dynamics of oppression, discrimination, violence, and subjugation. Introducing the special issue, this article defines feminist “intersectionality” as a research framework and a no-borders activist orientation in trans-national and anti-national solidarity with people displaced by war, capitalism, and reproductive heteronormativity, encountering militarized nation-state borders. Our introduction surveys work in migration studies that engages with intersectionality as an analytic and offers a synopsis of the articles in the special issue. As a whole, the special issue seeks to make an intersectional feminist intervention in research produced about (forced) migration. https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/40495
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