A central challenge to gender studies during the last 15 years has been the expanding field of
intersectionality. The use of intersectional perspectives within working life research has explored
how class, sexuality, and race difference affected women?s position in the labor market. The aim of
this article is to argue for the need of including an intersectional perspective in the field of working
life research. By taking our point of departure in the work of feminist scholars Joan Acker, Miriam
Glucksmann, and Chandra Talpade Mohanty, we argue that an intersectional perspective can
expand as well as challenge working life research. But we also argue that working life research
in many ways can contribute to the field of intersectional studies, especially by placing issues of
exploitation, distribution, and production at the core of intersectional analyses.
Author Biographies
Paula Mulinari, Department of Social work, Malm? University
PhD in Gender Studies, Researcher and Lecturer
Rebecca Selberg, Department of Gender Studies, Lund University
