Sociology, Theory, and the Feminist Sociological Canon: Questioning the Use of “Doing Gender” as a Sociological Theory

SAGE Open

Shannon N. Davis¹ 

关键词: doing gender;    gender theory;    sociological theory;    social theory;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244017697157

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY