Intersectionality beyond feminism? Some methodological and epistemological considerations for research

This article aims to extend the discussions that confront the intersectionality of Black American feminists to the 'consubstantiality of social relations' espoused by French materialist feminists. It proposes to do so by moving away from this 'geo-cultural' territory in order to better anchor the reflection in an epistemological and methodological ground. In order to do this, the article begins with some contributions and controversies of the intersectional approach to the renewal of feminist theories, and then addresses the issues that this renewal raises to the approach of consubstantiality. It then situates the approaches of intersectionality and of consubstantiality on the same epistemological continuum to discuss the middle way unlocked by the intersectionality of Black feminists. Finally, the effects of knowledge of this third way are examined.