Media Studies A-Level
Intersectionality
What Intersectionality means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Intersectionality
The framework established by bell hooks which asserts that gender cannot be analyzed in isolation from race and class; media representations of women vary significantly based on these intersecting social categories.
Topics that use Intersectionality
- Media representation (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Colonial Discourses
- Constructionism and Mediation
- Fluidity of Identity
- Gender and Identity
- Gender as Performance
- Identity and Subjectivity
- Ideology and Hegemony
- Patriarchy and Structural Power
Using Intersectionality in the exam
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