Intersectionality, Lost in Translation? (Re)thinking inter-sections between Anglophone and Francophone intersectionality

Authors

  • Alexandre Baril

Keywords:

Intersectionality, Anglophone, Francophone, Translation, Anglonormativity, Cisnormativity, Feminist Solidarities

Abstract

Inspired by the intersectional formulation “All the Women Are White, All the Men Are Black,” this paper suggests that “all feminist intersectional analyses are Anglophone and all Francophone feminists are cisgender” to highlight the exclusion of language issues in Anglophone intersectional analyses and of trans issues in their Francophone counterparts. Résumé Inspirés par la formulation intersectionnelle « Toutes les femmes sont blanches, tous les hommes sont noirs », cet article suggère que « toutes les analyses féministes intersectionnelles sont anglophones et toutes les féministes francophones sont cisgenres » pour souligner l’exclusion des problèmes de langue dans les analyses intersectionnelles anglophones et des problèmes « transgenre » dans leurs homologues francophones.

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Author Biography

Alexandre Baril

Dr. Alexandre Baril’s interdisciplinary training combines ten years in philosophy and ethics (B.A., M.A., Ph.D. [ABD]) and a Ph.D. in Women’s Studies. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and is pursuing his work as a visiting scholar and professor in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University. He has published numerous articles in journals such as Hypatia: Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Feminist Review, Annual Review of Critical Psychology, Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies, and Disability & Society. As a disabled and trans researcher and activist, his interdisciplinary research lies at the intersection of gender, feminist, queer, trans, and disability studies, and the sociology of the body and social movements. 

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Published

2017-06-09

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Vol. 38 No. 1 (2017): What’s Intersectional about Intersectionality Now? & Intersectionality in Austere Times: Boundary Crossing Conversations

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38.1- What’s Intersectional about Intersectionality Now?

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