Black Feminist Sociology Meets Racial and Ethnic Feminist Theory

Session Submission Type: Paper Session (90 minute)

Description

Over the course of several decades Black feminist theory has achieved a robust presence in American sociology. However, feminist theorizing for other people of color has been less well-incorporated into the disciplinary canon. This session seeks submissions that address the possibilities for bridging Black feminist theory with feminist theoretical traditions centering the experiences of other people of color. More specifically, submissions should draw from empirical research or the formulation of new theory to explore one or more of the following questions; 1) Is there a basis for synthesis or integration in feminist theorizing for people of color? and 2) How might distinction according to geographies (especially via empirical research done on or within them) invite such new thinking?

Sub Unit

• Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section / Black Feminist Sociology Meets Racial and Ethnic Feminist Theory

Presider

• Marisela Martinez-Cola, Morehouse College

Individual Presentations

• Erotic critiques of power: Black women, sex work, and erotic modes of resistance - Nia Janelle Baker, University of South Carolina

• “I Have the Right to Parent, too”: Challenging The Hyper-Breeder Image in Latinx Feminist Policy Advocacy - Rocío R. García, Arizona State University-Tempe

• Joy as Method: Black Queer Placemaking in Higher Education and Family - Amina Melendez-Mayfield, Arizona State University-Tempe

• Joy: The Seedbed of Feminist Futures - Jocelyn Bell, Bryant University; Priyanka Samy

Session Organizers

• Jullanar Zakiyyah Williams, University of California Merced

• Marisela Martinez-Cola, Morehouse College