CFP: Mise Au Point (n°16): Analysing intersectionality in cinema
Analysing intersectionality in cinema. Circulation of a concept, in France and the United States A concept coined in 1989 in American law by researcher Kimberlé Crenshaw, intersectionality was initially intended to reflect a blind spot in the apprehension of violence suffered by black American women, exposed to various types of discrimination. Subsequently, the interest of the concept widened to consider the interaction between several forms of domination (gender, sex