Stigma at the service of power domination and resistances through intersectionality

Abstract

This article aims to contribute to the comprehension and progressive deactivation of the multiple structures of oppression that hold, constitute and influence the lived experiences of subaltern agents. Particularly, it focuses on a social phenomenon that has been hardly studied in Political Science: social stigma. Through exploring the analytical potential of the intersectional frameworks proposed by Patricia Hill Collins, the article offers some key ideas to promote the reconceptualization and subsequent analysis of social stigmatization. Thus, along with understanding how stigma works within the intersectional dynamic of power, both the matrix of domination and the domains of power framework proposed by the author will let us explore the resistance strategies that stigmatized agents mobilize in order to revert stigmatization.

Keywords

• estigma
• interseccionalidad
• dominación
• resistencia