Sociology, Theory, and the Feminist Sociological Canon
Questioning the Use of “Doing Gender” as a Sociological Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3549023 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N Davis (0000-0002-7164-5143, George Mason University, corresponding author), Shannon N Davis |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244017697157 |
| OpenAlex | W2602591842 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 24 |
In this article, I revisit the concept of "doing gender" to query whether the framework as directly articulated by West and Zimmerman is meant to be a description of social life (a social theory) or a testable and potentially falsifiable explanation of the empirical world (a sociological theory). I document how much of the research that uses "doing gender" is a misapplication of the concept as a social, rather than sociological, theory. I conclude by making the case for the role of "doing gender" in, rather than as, sociological theory
Epistemology · Falsifiability · Social science · Social theory · Sociological research · Sociological theory · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Philosophy
Gender equity
Social mechanisms
Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences
Durable Inequality
Undoing Gender
Framed by Gender
Simplicity, Uncertainty, and the Power of Generative Theories
Methodological implications of feminist scholarship
Reply to Comments by Walker, Baber, and Allen
Including Mechanisms in Our Models of Ascriptive Inequality
Including Mechanisms in Our Models of Ascriptive Inequality
A Pragmatist Theory of Social Mechanisms
From Max Weber
Doing Difference
Doing Gender
From Doing To Undoing
Accounting for Doing Gender
Undoing Gender
Methods, Theory, and the Practice of Feminist Research
Building Bridges
Bridging Feminist Theory and Research Methodology
Talking Back to Sociology
Men, Masculinity, and Manhood Acts
The arrangement between the sexes
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |