ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author argues that literacy researchers should engage with intersectionality theory. She writes for literacy researchers who have yet to explore the implications of intersectionality theory for their own work. The author examines three theoretical principles of intersectionality. The introductory vignette about Alex Garland explores the necessity of theories that make visible those individuals and groups who are erased through single-axis analyses. The second theoretical principle is that "categories of difference" are mutually constitutive. The third theoretical principle pushes the previous two theoretical principles to a different level. It emphasizes that intersectionality theory should explicitly challenge inequality. The author examines how intersectionality theory can enhance research within literacy studies and the significance of literacy researchers engaging directly with the work of those who write and study about intersectionality, which the author refers to as intersectional theorists. She provides an overview that encourages more literacy researchers to deeply engage with intersectionality.
