Intersectionality as Epistemic Resistance
The Critical Theory of Patricia Hill Collins
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- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
4 August 2026
Summary
Intersectionality as Epistemic Resistance is the first collection of scholarly essays devoted to the work of Patricia Hill Collins, one of the most influential Black feminist thinkers of her generation. Bringing together philosophers and political theorists, the volume takes stock of Collins’s enduring theory of intersectionality and her impact on critical theory.
After an introduction by coeditors Amy Allen and Eduardo Mendieta situating Collins’s work within debates about i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780271102092 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0271102098 |
| Author: | Amy Allen, Eduardo Mendieta |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Imprint: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 4 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 361g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Penn State Series in Critical Theory |
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Critics Review
“This groundbreaking collection lays out in clear and bold terms the key elements for and critical insights into how domination works through interlocking systems of power. It will prove to be a valuable text for social theory and political philosophy at all levels of college and graduate education.”
—Cynthia Willett, coauthor of Uproarious: How Feminists and Other Subversive Comics Speak Truth
“Intersectionality has become a key concept in the humanities and social sciences, and this is largely thanks to the work of Patricia Hill Collins. Amy Allen and Eduardo Mendieta’s volume not only reflects on the groundbreaking significance of her work for social-theoretical and philosophical analysis, explores connections between critical theories of various stripes, and opens up numerous avenues for engagement with contemporary issues but also reaffirms intersectionality’s importance as a politically confrontational and transformative concept—a task that is more urgent today than ever before.”
—Daniel Loick, author of The Ethical Life of Counter-Communities
About The Author
Amy Allen
Amy Allen is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Head of the Department of Philosophy at Penn State University.
Eduardo Mendieta (1963–2025) was Professor of Philosophy and Latino/a Studies and affiliated faculty at the School of International Affairs and in the Bioethics Program at Penn State University.
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