A critical analysis of the background of intersectionality

Abstract

The greater use of the intersectionality in the field of gender studies has proved to be of great importance for a better understanding of the multiple and simultaneous relations of inequality. On the other hand, particularly in Brazil, there is a notable erasure of the history and the theoretical debates that existed before intersectionality was named by Kimberle Crenshaw in 1989. Aware of this gap, this bibliographic research aims at a general overview of the context that existed prior to the emergence of intersectionality, therefore hoping to contribute to the maintenance of the critical and transformative character of the term, as well as to highlight the struggles and theoretical productions of black women, so often minimized and erased within feminist theory.