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19 - Intersectionality, Affect and Discourse

from Part IV - (Trans)Locations and Intersections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2020

By
Kristine Køhler Mortensen  and
Tommaso M. Milani
Edited by
Anna De Fina  and
Alexandra Georgakopoulou
Anna De Fina
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
Alexandra Georgakopoulou
Affiliation:
King's College London
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Summary

This chapter argues for the importance of intersectionality as a heuristic framework through which to understand how identities and emotions are produced in discourse. The chapter begins with a historical overview of theoretical discussions around intersectionality. Particular focus is put on the ways in which intersectionality has been recently rediscovered in different strands of research on language in society. The chapter then moves on to showcase discourse analytical work that has operationalized intersectionality with the help of a variety of techniques such as conversation analysis, online ethnography and multimodal critical discourse analysis in order to understand the social and political life of three emotions: hate, desire and shame. The chapter closes with a few reflections about future avenues for further investigation such as the domain of hope and its potential for social justice and sociopolitical change.

Keywords

Affectdesireemotionshatehopeintersectionalityshame
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The Cambridge Handbook of Discourse Studies , pp. 417 - 436
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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This monograph offers an illuminating analysis of the relationships among bilingualism, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and race among Latinx in the United States.

This insightful special issue illustrates how intersectionality can be analytically useful in the study of queer lives in a variety of contexts.

This important edited collection showcases sociolinguistic studies that operationalize the notion of intersectionality with the help of different analytical and methodological techniques.

This useful book summarizes debates about emotions and affect in the social sciences and offers clear examples of the ways in which discourse analysts can go about analyzing emotions in discourse.

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