Communication and Conflict: An Intersectional Lens

Authors

Mary Adams Trujillo, Northwest University
Amanda Smith Byron, Portland State UniversityFollow
Joy Meeker, Saybrook University

Published In

Transforming Conflict through Communication in Personal, Family, and Working Relationships

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2018

Abstract

Intersectionality, a term introduced by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, broadly refers to the study of intersections between different disenfranchised or marginalized groups. An examination of intersectional theory begins, first, with the recognition that individuals experience multiple and intersecting identities that flow from and produce particular life experiences and conditions. These overlapping or intersecting experiences and conditions are determined by power relations in the culture, and are commonly situated in issues of …

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34292

Citation Details

Lens, A. I. (2016). Communication and Conflict. Transforming Conflict through Communication in Personal, Family, and Working Relationships, 85.