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Integrating Black Consciousness and Critical Race Feminism Into Family Studies Research

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

The author examines the advantages and challenges of using Black feminist theory and critical race feminist theory to study the lives of Black women and families in family studies. The author addresses the ways in which these per spectives, both of which are intentional in their analyses of intersectionality and the politics of location, are also distinct. She provides empirical examples from how family researchers have used Black feminist theory or a critical race fem inist lens to examine the lives of Black women and families, and suggests ways for colleagues to embrace an explicit integration of Black consciousness and critical race feminist perspectives in family studies.

Key Words: Black feminism • Black women • critical race feminism • intersectionality • theory

Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 28, No. 4, 452-473 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X06297330


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