Now you see me, now you don't: my political fight against the invisibility/erasure of Black women in intersectionality research

Abstract

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150993944394671&set=a.368593469670.152877.38743164670&type=1&theater. Accessed August 1, 2012. In Our Mission. http://www.girlsontherun.org/Who-We-Are/Our-Mission. Accessed August 1, 2012. Auto-ethnography relies on the autobiographic materials of the researcher as the primary data. It emphasizes cultural analysis and interpretation of the researcher's behaviors, thoughts, and experiences in relation to others in society – it connects “the personal to the cultural” (Ellis and Bochner 2000 Ellis, Carolyn and Bochner, Arthur P. 2000. “Autoethnography, Personal Narrative, Reflexivity: Researcher as Subject.”. In The Handbook of Qualitative Research, 2, Edited by: Denzin, Norman K. and Lincoln, Yvonna. 733–768. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [Google Scholar], 739). Structural intersectionality centers the operation of systems and structures in society that result in the marginalization of individuals – in terms of their social needs and legal status. Political intersectionality reflects the different (and sometimes conflicting) political agendas of the various groups to which an individual may belong or to which they “define” their identity. Representational intersectionality addresses the depiction, through text, language, images, media, of groups and individuals in society. It also captures how these groups work to create their own narratives that shape and inform multiple aspects of society.