Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research, 2018 (vol. 19), issue 2
Intersectional Approach in Social Inequalities Research

Editorial

Intersectional Approach in Social Inequalities Research

Alena Křížková, Hana Hašková

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 3-10  

Articles

The Paradoxes of a Successful Theory: Intersectionality between Criticism and the Reinforcement of Hegemony

Kateřina Kolářová

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 11-31 | DOI: 10.13060/25706578.2018.19.2.424  

This text traces the recent critical debates within intersectional theory. It foregrounds the critiques that point out the power dynamics underwriting the success of intersectional theory and it focuses on the critiques of the racialised dynamics in the current development of intersectional work and in the shift from the intersectional politics of 'redress' towards the agenda of inclusivity and diversity. The review of these lines of critique seeks to serve as a critical platform against which to contextualise the recently growing interest in intersectionality in the Czech republic.

Gendered and 'Ageed' Language and Power Inequalities: An Intersectional Approach

Jasna Mikić, Aleksandra Kanjuo Mrčela, Monika Kalin Golob

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 32-54 | DOI: 10.13060/25706578.2018.19.2.425  

A great deal has been written about the causes of gender inequality, and much of this literature has tackled the role of language as a mechanism of social exclusion. More recent analysis of gender inequalities indicates how vital it is that we understand the impact that different social characteristics, including age, can have simultaneously on a person's life situation. These factors should be examined together and at the same time, and as such they invite the kind of approach that is made possible by the concept of intersectionality. The aim of this article is to bridge the gap that exists between different streams of research. It approaches the...

Sexuality and Ageing - Places of Silence: Using Intersectional Perspectives as a Starting Point for the Study of LGBT Ageing

Jaroslava Hasmanová Marhánková

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 55-74 | DOI: 10.13060/25706578.2018.19.2.426  

Issues of sexuality have been considerably under-studied in the analysis of later life in social gerontology. Sexual identity was considered to have a minor impact on life and social inequalities in old age. Consequently, the experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older people have been largely unrecognised in the study of ageing. This paper argues for the need to incorporate the dimension of sexuality in the study of ageing. It points out the heteronormative biases that are part of the dominant discourses in gerontology. The theory of active ageing that has so far dominated representations of the 'desirable' way to age is used as a...

Elderly and Foreign: Vulnerability and Intersectionality in Healthcare

Ema Hrešanová, Alena Glajchová

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 75-101 | DOI: 10.13060/25706578.2018.19.2.427  

This paper seeks to understand what constitutes vulnerability among healthcare users in relations and social interactions with their healthcare providers. While many authors see vulnerability as an intersection of more or less permanent categories, such as gender, sexuality, social class, or ethnicity/race etc., we point to much more subtle and situational forces at play. In particular, we argue that vulnerability results from patients' situational or contextual in/capability or un/willingness to communicate. We apply an interactional theory, namely a group-centred and relational approach (Choo, Ferree 2010; Giritli-Nygren, Olofsson 2014; McCall 2005)...

Disability, Gender and Education in the Labour Market from an Intersectional Perspective

Alena Křížková, Hana Hašková, Kristýna Pospíšilová

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 102-134 | DOI: 10.13060/25706578.2018.19.2.428  

The complex nature of the social position of people with disabilities in the Czech labour market is under-researched. Intersectionality is a useful perspective that stresses the socio-contextual, as opposed to the individualist, nature of disability. It explores the dynamics of the interactions between the systems of inequality that create diverse barriers and opportunities in access to employment and to good working conditions for people with disabilities. Using an intersectional perspective, binary logistic regression, and a thematic analysis of interviews with men and women with disabilities and interviews with people working in organisations that...

Unequal Start? Intersectional Analysis of the Professional Life of Young Vietnamese in the Czech Labour Market

Lenka Formánková, Marta Lopatková

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 135-162 | DOI: 10.13060/25706578.2018.19.2.429  

Based on 14 biographical-narrative interviews, using an intersectional approach to examine multiple discrimination based on age, gender, and ethnicity, we analyse the subjective reflections of young Vietnamese migrants from the second and the 1.5 generation on their integration into the Czech labour market. We analyse ethnicity and gender as socially constructed identities in the specific context of the labour market, school, and family. Important advantages that appear in the biographies of young Vietnamese migrant women and men influencing their positions in the labour market are their level of education, their knowledge of Czech and Vietnamese culture...

The Intersectionality of Oppression Experienced by Single Mothers in Homeless Shelters

Kateřina Glumbíková, Barbora Gřundělová, Alice Gojová

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 163-181 | DOI: 10.13060/25706578.2018.19.2.430  

This paper deals with how the intersectionality of oppression manifests in narratives of single mothers with experience residing in a homeless shelter. Oppression is of a structural nature and single mothers from homeless shelters encounter it in various forms and on various levels. Using a qualitative research strategy, in particular a participatory approach, it has been found that oppression is ever-present in the narratives of homeless mothers, and that their living experience can only be understood through the intermingling and intersecting of different forms of oppression, such as gender, motherhood, lone- parent families, andthe interrelated...

Interview

Intersectionality as a Useful Tool for Capturing Social Inequalities: An Interview with Professor Mary Romero by Alena Křížková

Alena Křížková, Mary Romero

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 182-188 | DOI: 10.13060/25706578.2018.19.2.431  

Reviews

The Rubik's Cube as a Metaphor for the Intersectional Approach

Alena Křížková

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 189-193  

Recenze knihy Romero, M. Introducing Intersectionality

One Perspective on the History of Intersectional Thought

Klaudia Teichmanová

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 193-197  

Recenze knihy Hancock, A.-M. Intersectionality

The Historical Roots and the Current Situation of Female Entrepreneurs in the Czech Republic

Markéta Švarcová

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 197-201  

Recenze knihy Ženy-podnikatelky v minulosti a současnosti (Slavíčková P. ed.)

Gender Inequalities in Democratic Systems

Romana Marková Volejníčková

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 202-206  

Recenze knihy Vianello, M., Hawkesworth, M. (eds.). Gender and Power. Towards Equality and Democratic Governance

Information

Women and Work-Life Balance in Historical Studies from the Socialist Period

Marie Pospíšilová

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 207-211  

Report on 10th European Feminist Research Conference

Olga Senková

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 211-212  

Mobility for all? Report from The Future of Sustainable Urban Mobility Conference

Marie Pospíšilová

Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2018, 19 (2): 212-215