Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in 1989 as a critique of feminist and critical race scholarship's neglect of—respectively—race and gender. Since then, the concept has been interpreted and reinterpreted to appeal to new disciplinary, geographical, and sociocultural audiences, generating heated debates over its appropriation and continued political significance. Drawing on all 3,807 publications in Scopus that contain the word “intersectionality” in the title, abstract, or keywords, we map the spread of intersectionality in academia through its citations. Network analysis reveals the contours of its diffusion among the 6,098 scholars in our data set, while automated text analysis, manual coding, and the close reading of publications reveal how the application and interpretation of intersectional thinking has evolved over time and space. We find that the diffusion network exhibits communities that are not well demarcated by either discipline or geography. Communities form around one or a few highly referenced scholars who introduce intersectionality to new audiences while reinterpreting it in a way that speaks to their research interests. By examining the microscopic interactions of publications and citations, our complex systems approach is able to identify the macroscopic patterns of a controversial concept's diffusion.

中文翻译：

---

移动中的交叉性：黑人女权主义知识跨越学科和地理边界的传播

金伯利·克伦肖 (Kimberlé Crenshaw) 于 1989 年创造了“交叉性”一词，作为对女权主义和批判种族奖学金分别忽视种族和性别的批评。从那时起，这个概念被解释和重新解释以吸引新的学科、地理和社会文化受众，引发了关于其挪用和持续政治意义的激烈辩论。利用 Scopus 中所有 3,807 篇在标题、摘要或关键词中包含“交叉性”一词的出版物，我们通过引用绘制了学术界交叉性的传播情况。网络分析揭示了其在我们数据集中的 6,098 名学者中的传播轮廓，而自动文本分析、手动编码、仔细阅读出版物揭示了交叉思维的应用和解释是如何随着时间和空间而演变的。我们发现扩散网络展示了没有按学科或地理很好划分的社区。社区围绕着一个或几个被高度引用的学者组成，他们向新的受众介绍交叉性，同时以一种符合他们研究兴趣的方式重新解释它。通过检查出版物和引用的微观相互作用，我们的复杂系统方法能够识别有争议的概念传播的宏观模式。社区围绕着一个或几个被高度引用的学者组成，他们向新的受众介绍交叉性，同时以一种符合他们研究兴趣的方式重新解释它。通过检查出版物和引用的微观相互作用，我们的复杂系统方法能够识别有争议的概念传播的宏观模式。社区围绕着一个或几个被高度引用的学者组成，他们向新的受众介绍交叉性，同时以一种符合他们研究兴趣的方式重新解释它。通过检查出版物和引用的微观相互作用，我们的复杂系统方法能够识别有争议的概念传播的宏观模式。