The module is called ‘Space, Power and Agency’ and the particular section this essay is based on is called ‘Identities & Spaces Intersections’. The essay should discuss how there have been past and present divisions of race, sexuality, gender, nation.. etc.. and how intersectionality is able to fight and analyse these divisions and power struggles.
Essay Title :
“Race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, ethnicity, nation, religion, and age are categories of analysis, terms that reference important social divisions. But they are also categories that gain meaning from power relations of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and class exploitation.” (Bilge & Hill Collins). Use Bilge and Hill Collins’ call for intersectionality as an “analytic tool” to investigate social divisions and power relations. Your answer must focfktus on a case study.