Intersectionality: How gender studies might inspire the analysis of social inequality among migrants

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-195

  Bürkner, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON SOCIETY AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender studies; Inclusion and exclusion; Intersectionality; Migrants; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CONFLICT; GENDER DISPARITY; IMMIGRANT; MIGRATION; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84855751691     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.664     Document Type: Article

References (113)

1. Adams R, Savran D (eds). 2002. The Masculinity Studies Reader. Blackwell: Malden, MA.
2. Alba RD. 2003. Remaking the Mainstream: Assimilation and the New Immigration. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA.
3. Alba RD, Nee V. 1997. Rethinking assimilation for a new era of immigration. International Migration Review 31: 826-874.
4. Anthias F, Yuval-Davis N. 1983. Contextualizing feminism: gender, ethnic and class divisions. Feminist Review 15: 62-75.
5. Aufhauser E. 2000. Migration und Geschlecht. Zur Konstruktion und Rekonstruktion von Weiblichkeit und Männlichkeit in der internationalen Migration. In Internationale Migration. Die globale Herausforderung des 21. Jahrhunderts?, Husa K et al. (eds). Brandes und Apsel: Frankfurt/M.; 97-122.
6. Barnes M. 2005. Social Exclusion in Great Britain: An Empirical Investigation and Comparison with the EU. Ashgate: Aldershot.
7. Benhabib S. 2002. The Claims of Culture: Equality and Diversity in the Global Era. Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ.
8. Bourdieu P. 1977. Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
9. Bourdieu P. 1990. The Logic of Practice. Polity Press: Oxford.
10. Boyle P. 2002. Population geography: transnational women on the move. Progress in Human Geography 26: 531-543.
11. Braidotti R. 1994. Nomadic Subjects: Embodiment and Sexual Difference in Contemporary Feminist Theory. Columbia University Press: New York.
12. Bürkner HJ. 1997. Jugendliche Arbeitsmigranten in Deutschland. Perspektiven am Arbeitsplatz, in Schule und Familie. Geographische Rundschau 49: 418-422.
13. Bürkner HJ. 2005. Transnationale Migration. Cultural turn und die Nomaden des Weltmarkts. Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie 49: 113-122.
14. Butler J. 1990. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. Routledge: New York.
15. Calasanti TM, Slevin KF. 2001. Gender, Social Inequalities, and Aging. AltaMira Press: Walnut Creek, CA.
16. Chan W. 1999. Identity and home in the migration experiences of recent Hong Kong Chinese-Canadian migrants. In Embodied Geographies: Spaces, Bodies, and Rites of Passage, Teather E (ed.). Routledge: London; New York; 175-192.
17. Corber RJ, Valocchi S (eds). 2003. Queer Studies: An Interdisciplinary Reader. Blackwell: Malden, MA.
18. Cornelius N, Gooch I, Todd S. 2001. Managing difference fairly: an integrated partnership approach. In Equality, Diversity and Disadvantage in Employment, Noon M, Ogbonna E (eds). Palgrave: Basingstoke; 32-50.
19. Cox T Jr, Cox TH, O'Neill P. 2001. Creating the Multicultural Organization: A Strategy for Capturing the Power of Diversity. University of Michigan: Michigan.
20. Crenshaw KW. 1989. Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: a black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics. The University of Chicago Legal Forum Volume 1989: 139-167.
21. Crenshaw KW. 1994. Mapping the margins: intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color. In The Public Nature of Private Violence, Fineman MA, Mykitiuk R (eds). Routledge: New York; 93-118.
22. Crenshaw KW. 1997. Intersectionality and identity politics: learning from violence against women of color. In Reconstructing Political Theory: Feminist Perspectives, Shanley ML, Narayan U (eds). University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia; 178-193.
23. Cresswell T. 1999. Embodiment, power and the politics of mobility: the case of female tramps and hobos. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 24: 175-192.
24. Crul M, Doomernik J. 2003. The Turkish and the Moroccan second generation in the Netherlands: divergent trends between and polarization within the two groups. International Migration Review, 37: 1039-1065.
25. Davis A. 1983. Women, Race & Class. Vintage Books: New York.
26. Davis K. 2008a. Intersectionality as buzzword: a sociology of science perspective on what makes a feminist theory successful. Feminist Theory 9: 67-85.
27. Davis K. 2008b. Intersectionality in transatlantic perspective. In ÜberKreuzungen. Fremdheit, Ungleichheit, Differenz, Knapp GA, Klinger C (eds). Westfälisches Dampfboot: Münster; 67-85.
28. Degele N, Winker G. 2007. Intersektionalität als Mehrebenenanalyse. Online Publication. Available at [accessed 22 September 2010].
29. Degele N, Winker G. 2008. Praxeologisch differenzieren. Ein Beitrag zur intersektionalen Gesellschaftsanalyse. In ÜberKreuzungen. Fremdheit, Ungleichheit, Differenz, Klinger C, Knapp GA (eds). Westfälisches Dampfboot: Münster; 194-209.
30. Dietz J, Petersen LE. 2005. Diversity management. In Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management, Björkmann I, Stahl GK (eds). Edward Elgar: Cheltenham; 223-243.
31. Dietze G, Hornscheidt A, Palm K. 2007. Einleitung. In Gender als interdependente Kategorie. Neue Perspektiven auf Intersektionalität, Diversität und Heterogenität, Walgenbach K, Dietze G, Hornscheidt A, Palm K (eds). Verlag Barbara Budrich: Opladen; 7-22.
32. England K, Stiell B. 1997. 'They think you're as stupid as your English is': constructing foreign domestic workers in Toronto. Environment and Planning A 29: 195-215.
33. Erel U. 2009. Migrant Women Transforming Citizenship: Life-stories From Britain and Germany. Ashgate: Farnham.
34. Folbre N. 2006. Measuring care: gender, empowerment, and the care economy. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 7: 183-199.
35. Fortier AM. 2000. Migrant Belongings: Memory, Space, Identity. Berg: Oxford.
36. Fugita SS, O'Brien DJ. 1991. Ethnicity: The Persistence of Community. University of Washington Press: Washington.
37. Gabaccia D. 2005. Juggling jargons. 'Italians everywhere', diaspora or transnationalism? Traverse. Zeitschrift für Geschichte 12: 49-64.
38. George SM. 2005. When Women Come First: Gender and Class in Transnational Migration. University of California Press: Berkeley, Los Angeles.
39. Giddens A. 1986. The Constitution of Society. University of California Press: Berkeley, CA.
40. Glenn EN. 1999. The social construction and institutionalization of gender and race: an integrative framework. In Revisioning Gender, Ferree MM, Lorber J, Hess BB (eds). Sage: Thousand Oaks; 3-41.
41. Glick Schiller N, Basch L, Blanc-Szanton C. 1995. From immigrant to transmigrant: theorizing transnational migration. Anthropological Quarterly 68: 48-63.
42. Goldring L. 1997. Power and status in transnational social spaces. In Transnationale Migration, Pries L (ed.). Nomos: Baden-Baden; 179-195.
43. Goldring L. 1998. The power of status in transnational social fields. In Transnationalism from Below, Smith MP, Guarnizo LE (eds). Transaction Publishers: New Brunswick, NJ; 165-195.
44. Gordon MM. 1964. Assimilation in American Life. The Role of Race, Religion and National Origins. Oxford University Press: New York.
45. Goss J, Lindquist B. 1995. Conceptualizing international labor migration: a structuration perspective. International Migration Review 29: 317-351.
46. Graham E. 1999. Breaking out: the opportunities and challenges of multi-method research in geography. Professional Geographer 51: 76-89.
47. Grasmuck S, Pessar P. 1991. Between Two Islands: Dominican International Migration. University of California Press: Los Angeles.
48. Hess C. 2008. The contested terrain of the parallel society: the other natives in contemporary Greece and Germany. Europe-Asia Studies 60: 1519-1537.
49. Hondagneu-Sotelo P. 1994. Gendered Transitions: Mexican Experiences of Immigration. University of California Press: Los Angeles.
50. Hondagneu-Sotelo P. 2001. Doméstica: Immigrant Women Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Affluence. University of California Press: Berkeley.
51. Hondagneu-Sotelo P. 2005. Gendering Migration: Not for "Feminists Only" - And Not Only in the Household. CMD Working Paper No. 05-02f. University of California Press: Los Angeles. Available at
52. Ibarra M. 2002. Emotional proletarians in a global economy: Mexican immigrant women and elder care work. Urban Anthropology 31: 317-350.
53. Isajiw WW, Sev'er A, Driedger L. 1993. Ethnic identity and social mobility: an evaluation of drawbacks and resources. Canadian Journal of Sociology 18: 177-196.
54. Jackson PI, Parkes R. 2007. Parallel Societies, Multiculturalism and Securitization: Muslims and Anti-Immigrant Populism in Western Democracies. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York. Available at [accessed 10 May 2009].
55. Jagose A. 1997. Queer Theory: An Introduction. New York University Press: New York.
56. Jones D. 1992. Which migrants? Temporary or permanent? In Towards a Transnational Perspective on Migration, Glick Schiller N, Basch L, Blanc-Szanton C (eds). New York Academy of Sciences: New York; 217-224.
57. Joppke C. 2009. Veil: Mirror of Identity. Polity Press: Cambridge.
58. Kerner I. 2009a. Differenzen und Macht. Zur Anatomie von Rassismus und Sexismus. Campus: Frankfurt/M.
59. Kerner I. 2009b. Alles intersektional? Zum Verhältnis von Rassismus und Sexismus. Feministische Studien 27: 36-50.
60. Kirton G, Greene AM. 2010. The Dynamics of Managing Diversity: A Critical Approach. Elsevier: Oxford.
61. Klinger C, Knapp GA. 2007. Achsen der Ungleichheit - Achsen der Differenz. In Achsen der Ungleichheit. Zum Verhältnis von Klasse, Geschlecht und Ethnizität, Klinger C, Knapp GA (eds). Campus: Frankfurt/M.; 19-41.
62. Knapp GA. 2008. Intersectionality - ein neues Paradigma der Geschlechterforschung? In Was kommt nach der Genderforschung? Zur Zukunft der feministischen Theoriebildung, Casale R, Rendtorff B (eds). Transcript: Bielefeld; 33-54.
63. Kofman E. 1999. Female 'birds of passage' a decade later: gender and immigration in the European Union. International Migration Review 33: 269-299.
64. Kofman E, Phizacklea A, Raghuram P, Sales R. 2000. Gender and International Migration in Europe: Employment, Welfare and Politics. Routledge: London.
65. Koopmans R, Statham P, Giugni M, Passy M. 2005. Contested Citizenship. Immigration and Cultural Diversity in Europe. University of Minnesota Press: Minneapolis.
66. Kruse RJ II, Tyner JA. 2008. How Dwarfs Experience the World Around Them: The Personal Geographies of Disabled People. Edwin Mellen Press: New York.
67. Levitt P. 2003. Keeping feet in both worlds: transnational practices and immigrant incorporation. In Integrating Immigrants in Liberal Nation-States: From Post-Nationals to Transnationals, Joppke C, Morawska E (eds). Macmillan-Palgrave: London; 177-194.
68. Levitt P, Nyberg Sørensen N. 2004. The transnational turn in migration studies. Global Migration Perspectives 6: 1-13.
69. Lorber J. 1995. Paradoxes of Gender. Yale University Press: New Haven, CT.
70. Lutz H. 2001. Differenz als Rechenaufgabe. Über die Relevanz der Kategorien Race, Class, Gender. In Unterschiedlich verschieden. Differenz in den Erziehungswissenschaften, Lutz H, Wenning N (eds). Leske und Budrich: Opladen; 215-230.
71. Lutz H. 2007. Die 24-Stunden-Polin. Eine intersektionelle Analyse transnationaler Dienstleistungen. In Achsen der Ungleichheit. Zum Verhältnis von Klasse, Geschlecht und Ethnizität, Klinger C, Knapp GA (eds). Campus: Frankfurt/M; 178-192.
72. Lutz H (ed.). 2008. Migration and Domestic Work: A European Perspective on a Global Theme. Ashgate: Aldershot.
73. Madörin M. 2006. Plädoyer für eine eigenständige Theorie der Care-Ökonomie. In Geschlechterverhältnisse in der Ökonomie, Niechoj T, Tullney M (eds). Metropolis: Marburg; 277-297.
74. McCall L. 2001. Complex Inequality: Gender, Class, and Race in the New Economy. Routledge: New York.
75. McCall L. 2005. The complexity of intersectionality. Journal of Women in Culture and Society 30: 1772-1800.
76. McCann R, Kim SK (eds). 2003. Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives. Routledge: New York; London.
77. McDowell L. 2008. Thinking through work: complex inequalities, constructions of difference and trans-national migrants. Progress in Human Geography 32: 491-507.
78. Miles R. 1993. Racism after Race Relations. Routledge: London.
79. Moch LP. 2005. Gender and migration research. In International Migration Research: Constructions, Omissions and the Promises of Interdisciplinarity, Bommes M, Morawska E (eds). Ashgate: Aldershot; 95-110.
80. Mountz A. 2004. Embodying the nation-state: Canada's response to human smuggling. Political Geography 23: 323-345.
81. Nagar R, Lawson V, McDowell L, Hanson S. 2002. Locating globalization: feminist (re)readings of the subjects and spaces of globalization. Economic Geography 78: 257-284.
82. van Niekerk M. 2007. Second-generation Caribbeans in the Netherlands: different migration histories, diverging trajectories. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 33: 1063-1081.
83. Pessar PR, Mahler SJ. 2003. Transnational migration: bringing gender in. International Migration Review 37: 812-846.
84. Poore P. 2005. Migration: a threat or an asset to health? In International Migration and Security: Opportunities and Challenges, Guild E, Selm J van. Routledge: New York; 191-216.
85. Portes A. 1997. Immigration for a new century: some problems and opportunities. International Migration Review 31: 799-825.
86. Pratt G. 1998. Inscribing domestic work on Filipina bodies. In Places Through the Body, Pile S, Nast H (eds). Routledge: London; New York; 283-304.
87. Pries L (ed.). 1999. Migration and Transnational Social Spaces. Ashgate: Aldershot.
88. Probyn E. 1996. Outside Belongings. Routledge: New York; London.
89. Rescher G. 2008. Transnationality, translocal citizenship and gender relations: transformation of rural community organisation, local politics and development. In The Making of World Society: Perspectives from Transnational Research, Anghel RG, Gerhzarz E (eds). Transcript: Bielefeld; 195-220.
90. Rex J. 1998. Transnational migrant communities and the modern nation-state. In Globalization and Europe: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations, Axtmann R (ed.). Pinter Publishers: London; 59-76.
91. Ronström O. 2002. The making of older immigrants in Sweden: identification, categorization, and discrimination. In Cultural Gerontology, Andersson L (ed.). Greenwood: Westport; 129-138.
92. Room G (ed.). 2002. Beyond the Threshhold: The Measurement and Analysis of Social Exclusion. The Policy Press: Bristol.
93. Ryan L, Webster W (eds). 2008. Gendering Migration: Masculinity, Femininity and Ethnicity in Post-War Britain. Ashgate: Aldershot.
94. Segura D. 1993. Chicanas and triple oppression in the labor force. In Chicana Voices: Intersections of Race, Class and Gender, Córdova T (ed.). University of New Mexico Press: Albuquerque; 47-65.
95. Silvey R. 2004. Power, difference and mobility: feminist advances in migration studies. Progress in Human Geography 28: 1-17.
96. Simon P. 2003. France and the unknown second generation: preliminary results on social mobility. International Migration Review 37: 1091-1119.
97. Soiland T. 2008. Die Verhältnisse gingen und die Kategorien kamen. Intersectionality oder Vom Unbehagen an der amerikanischen Theorie. Querelles-net 26: [accessed 22 September 2010].
98. Tolasch E. 2009. Celebrating Intersectionality? Debates on a multi-faceted Concept in Gender Studies. Internationale Konferenz an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt 22./23. Januar 2009. Feministische Studien 27: 149-152.
99. Tyner JA. 2003. The global context of gendered labor migration from the Philippines to the United States. In Gender and U.S. Immigration: Contemporary Trends, Hondagneu-Sotelo P (ed.). University of California Press: Berkeley; 63-80.
100. Tyner JA, Houston D. 2000. Controlling bodies: the punishment of multi-racialized sexual relations. Antipode 32: 387-409.
101. Tyner JA, Philo C. 2009. War, Violence and Population. Guilford Press: New York.
102. Vedder G (ed.). 2005. Diversity Management und Interkulturalität. Rainer Hampp: München, Mering.
103. Verloo M. 2006. Multiple inequalities, intersectionality and the European Union. European Journal of Women's Studies 13: 211-228.
104. Vertovec S. 2001. Transnationalism and identity. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 27: 573-582.
105. Vinz D. 2008. Kommentar zu Tove Soilands Beitrag. Querelles-net 26; [accessed 22 September 2010].
106. Walby S. 2005. Gender mainstreaming: productive tensions in theory and practice. Social Politics 12: 321-343.
107. Wiley NF. 1967. The ethnic mobility trap and stratification theory. Social Problems 15: 147-159.
108. Wilson WJ. 1978. The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions. University of Chicago Press: Chicago.
109. Wilson G. 2000. Understanding Old Age: Critical and Global Perspectives. Sage: London; Thousand Oaks; New Delhi.
110. Winker G, Degele N. 2009. Intersektionalität. Zur Analyse sozialer Ungleichheiten. Transcript: Bielefeld.
111. Wolf D. 1992. Factory Daughters: Gender, Household Dynamics and Rural Industrialization in Java. University of California Press: Berkeley.
112. Young IM. 1990. Throwing Like a Girl and Other Essays in Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory. Indiana University Press: Bloomington; Indianapolis.
113. Yuval-Davis N. 2006. Intersectionality and feminist politics. European Journal of Women's Studies 13: 193-209.