Discourses of Exclusion: Suppression, Silencing, and Inclusion

Abstract

The article provides an introduction to the anthology devoted to studying theories and practices of discourses of exclusion. Framing the discussion by references to Kimberlé Crenshaw’s notion of intersectionality and Michel Foucault’s conceptualization of the relations between discourse and power, the essay stresses the multiple forms of exclusion and entangled power differentials that determine a person’s identity and social status and argues for the need to employ an interdisciplinary perspective. The overview of the issues analyzed in the anthology is guided by the recognition of the complex links between theory and practice and the awareness that exclusions reinforce precarity and dismantle networks of support.

Discourses of Exclusion: Theories and Practices. Anthology edited by Katarzyna Więckowska, Anna M. Kola and Michał Bomastyk