Studying Equality/Inequality
Naturalist and Constructionist Approaches to Equality in Marriage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2365112 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Scott R Harris (0009-0005-3002-0701, Saint Louis University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 200-232 |
| Publication date | 2003-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0891241602250886 |
| OpenAlex | W2027737165 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 67 |
This article compares naturalist and constructionist approaches to the qualitative study of equality and inequality, and encourages more ethnographers to adopt the latter. Focusing on the subfield of marital equality, three areas of divergence are explored: sampling, interviewing, and the analysis and presentation of data. In each area, naturalists tend to obscure the diversity and complexity of respondents' interpretations. The constructionist alternative is to make storytelling paramount by treating equality and inequality as situated narrative accomplishments. A constructionist approach focuses on respondents' own ethnographic skills while still fitting "the data" into a larger analytic story about equality
Divergence (linguistics · Epistemology · Ethnography · Inequality · Interview · Linguistics · Narrative · Situated · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · Storytelling · Strict constructionism · Anthropology · Computer Science · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Mathematics · Philosophy · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
Social Organization, Macro Phenomena, and Symbolic Interactionism
Using Narrative in Social Research
On the Unbearable Lightness of Being a Constructionist
Lessons from the 1
Gender, migration distance, and spousal preferences among migrant workers in China
Challenging the Conventional Wisdom
Discourse, Dominance and Power Relations
The Relational Production of Workplace Equality
A Place in Town
Social Constructionism and Social Inequality
When Is Inequality a Problem
From Concepts to Methods
Talk of Class
Reframing 'Dirty Work
No Man's Land
Peer marriage
Thinking about social problems
Ethnomethodology and Ethnography
The Call of Life Stories in Ethnographic Research
Ethnomethodological Analyses of Interviews
Phenomenology and Ethnography
Revisiting the Relationship Between Participant Observation and Interviewing
Narratives in Popular Culture, Media, and Everyday Life
Divorce Talk
Crafting Equality
Narrative Analysis in Ethnography
Studies in ethnomethodology
Symbolic Interactionism
Crafting Equality
The Everyday World as a Phenomenon
But Seriously Folks
The Active Interview
Determinants of role-sharing behavior
Social Psychological Theories on Social Inequalities
The Elements of Inequality
Interpreting the Self
A Place for Stories
Narrative and Sociology
Constructing Social Problems
Narrative Practice and the Coherence of Personal Stories
Narrating the Self
Narrative's Moment and Sociology's Phenomena
Identity, Biography, History, and Symbolic Representations
The Social Construction of Equality in Everyday Life
Handbook of Ethnography
Left of Ethnomethodology
Accounts
Situated Actions and Vocabularies of Motive
Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilization, and Movement Participation
Beyond Drudgery, Power, and Equity
Feminists and the Ideology and Practice of Marital Equality
The Rhetoric of Motives in Divorce
Generic Processes in the Reproduction of Inequality
On Narrative and Sociology
Household Labor and the Routine Production of Gender
Ontological Gerrymandering
Social Problems as Collective Behavior
What Can Interactionism Contribute to the Study of Inequality? The Case of Marriage and Beyond
Symbolic Interaction and Transformation of Class Structure
The Self in a World of Going Concerns
Status Inequality and Close Relationships
Rethinking Victimization
Kundera's Immortality
At the Border of Narrative and Ethnography
On Equal Ground
Marital Equality
The Division of Household Labor
Barriers and Bridges to Class Mobility and Formation
Household Work as an Ordeal
Reference Groups as Perspectives
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2025 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |