Contributions of Ethnography to Gendered Sociology

The French Jazz World

Bibliographic Data

ID8115641
AuthorsMarie Buscatto (0000-0002-3792-814X, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume3
Issue3
Pages46-58
Publication date2007-12-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Sociology Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1733-8077 • E-ISSN: 1733-8077
PublisherUniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18778/1733-8077.3.3.04
OpenAlexW2299153859
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited18

In the last few years a number of studies have explored the epistemological uses of the ethnographer’s gender in sociological research and the effects of gender on research results. These studies aim either to analyze how ethnographers can use their “gender” to open up observational possibilities, or to analyze observations made while maintaining as much control as possible over the conditions of their sociological interpretation. But relatively few papers discuss using ethnography to study gendered social relations. This article applies that approach to the observations made in our field study of the “world” of French jazz. We present here three of the main ways that the epistemological enrichment offered by ethnography may in turn enrich analysis of gender relations: access to “invisible” practices, analysis in terms of “the arrangement between the sexes", the possibility of generalization

Epistemology · Ethnography · Field (mathematics · Interpretation (philosophy · Jazz · Linguistics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Education, sociology, and vocational training · French Urban and Social Studies · Gender Studies · History

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