Teaching Domestic Violence in the New Millennium: Intersectionality as a Framework for Social Change. (October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McQueeney, Krista
• Other Names: Adelman Madelaine guest-editor.; Coker Donna guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Violence against women. Volume 22:Number 12(2016)
• Page Start: 1463
• Page End: 1475
• Publication Date: 2016-10
• Subjects: intersectionality -- domestic violence -- teaching -- social change; Abused women -- Periodicals; Women -- Crimes against -- Periodicals; Violent crimes -- Periodicals; Femmes victimes de violence -- Périodiques; Femmes, Crimes contre les -- Périodiques; Crimes violents -- Périodiques; 362.8292
• DOI: 10.1177/1077801215626808
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8012

Abstract

This article describes an intersectional approach to teaching about domestic violence (DV), which aims to empower students as critical thinkers and agents of change by merging theory, service learning, self-reflection, and activism. Three intersectional strategies and techniques for teaching about DV are discussed: promoting difference-consciousness, complicating gender-only power frameworks, and organizing for change. The author argues that to empower future generations to end violence, educators should put intersectionality into action through their use of scholarship, teaching methods, and pedagogical authority. Finally, the benefits and challenges of intersectional pedagogy for social justice education are considered.