Affirming Fissures: Conceptualizing Intersectional ‘Ethnic’ Feminism in Aotearoa New Zealand

IF 1.6 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Journal of Women Politics & Policy Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI:10.1080/1554477X.2023.2247927

R. Simon-Kumar

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Intersectionality, as scholarship and praxis, has traversed boundaries far beyond its roots in Black American feminism into population groups whose histories of marginalization are vastly different to those envisioned by Kimberlé Crenshaw. In translation, intersectionality can articulate with new clarity the voices of the invisibilized but also reveal fundamental fissures. This article discusses these contradictions in the context of “ethnic” populations in Aotearoa New Zealand. Comprising 17% of the total population, ethnic groups are peoples who come from Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. In this article, I set out to interrogate the viability of an Antipodean ethnic feminism given the distinct backdrop of white-settler colonialism, biculturalism, and multiculturalism extant in contemporary New Zealand. I point to five “fault lines” – around positioning, culture, minoritization, place and the subject – where conceptual clarity will deepen ethnic feminism’s theoretical roots and relevance for NZ’s fastest growing population group.

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肯定裂缝：新西兰奥特亚跨种族女权主义的概念化

交叉性作为一种学术和实践，已经跨越了远远超出美国黑人女权主义根源的边界，进入了那些边缘化历史与金伯伦肖所设想的截然不同的人口群体。在翻译中，交叉性可以清晰地表达不可见的声音，但也可以揭示根本的裂痕。本文以新西兰奥特罗阿的“少数民族”人口为背景来讨论这些矛盾。少数民族是来自亚洲、拉丁美洲、非洲和中东的人，占总人口的17%。在这篇文章中，我开始在当代新西兰存在的白人殖民主义、双文化主义和多元文化主义的独特背景下，质疑澳大利亚种族女权主义的可行性。我指出了五个“断层线”——围绕着定位、文化、少数民族、地点和主题——概念的清晰将加深种族女权主义的理论根源，并与新西兰增长最快的人口群体相关。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Women, Politics & Policy explores women and their roles in the political process as well as key policy issues that impact women''s lives. Articles cover a range of tops about political processes from voters to leaders in interest groups and political parties, and office holders in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government (including the increasingly relevant international bodies such as the European Union and World Trade Organization). They also examine the impact of public policies on women''s lives in areas such as tax and budget issues, poverty reduction and income security, education and employment, care giving, and health and human rights — including violence, safety, and reproductive rights — among many others. This multidisciplinary, international journal presents the work of social scientists — including political scientists, sociologists, economists, and public policy specialists — who study the world through a gendered lens and uncover how gender functions in the political and policy arenas. Throughout, the journal places a special emphasis on the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, class, and other dimensions of women''s experiences.