Sociology, Theory, and the Feminist Sociological Canon
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...
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doaj-0d1fd052860d45cd8df8084266bdc1112020-11-25T03:41:16ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402017-03-01710.1177/2158244017697157Sociology, Theory, and the Feminist Sociological CanonShannon N. Davis0George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USAIn 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.https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244017697157 |
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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. |
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