Multiple identities...multiple marginalities: Franco-Ontarian feminism

• Published in: Gender & society Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 453 - 467
• Main Author: Denis, Ann B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC 01-06-2001
• Subjects: Canada; Ethnic Identity; Ethnolinguistic Groups; Females; Feminism; French Canadian people; Gender; Marginal analysis; Marginality; Marginalization; Multiple identity; Ontario; Race; Self image; Social classes; Women; Womens Groups; Ontario Canada; Canada
• ISSN: 0891-2432; 1552-3977
• DOI: 10.1177/0891243201015003007

Recent discussions of boundary theory, particularly in the field of ethnic relations, emphasize varying degrees of porousness of social boundaries and the importance of considering the effects of the intersections of multiple boundaries, most notably those of gender, ethnicity/race, and class. It is also increasingly acknowledged that within-group characteristics, including identities, of subordinate as well as of dominant groups may change, without their becoming less authentic distinctive collectivities.