A performative-performance analytical approach: infusing Butlerian theory into the narrative-discursive method

Morison, Tracy; Macleod, Catriona I

Title: A performative-performance analytical approach: infusing Butlerian theory into the narrative-discursive method
Creator: Morison, Tracy
Creator: Macleod, Catriona I
Date Issued: 2013
Date: 2013
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6212
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003065
Identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077800413494344
Description: Judith Butler’s theory of performativity provides gender theorists with a rich theoretical language for thinking about gender. Despite this, Butlerian theory is difficult to apply, as Butler does not provide guidance on actual analysis of language use in context. In order to address this limitation, we suggest carefully supplementing performativity with the notion of performance in a manner that allows for the inclusion of relational specificities and the mechanisms through which gender, and gender trouble, occur. To do this, we turn to current developments within discursive psychology and narrative theory. We extend the narrative-discursive method proposed by Taylor and colleagues, infusing it with Butlerian theory in order to fashion a dual analytical lens, which we call the performativity-performance approach. We provide a brief example of how the proposed analytical process may be implemented.
Format: 30 leaves
Format: pdf
Publisher: Sage Publications
Language: English
Relation: Morison, T, & Macleod, C. (2013). A Performative-Performance Analytical Approach: Infusing Butlerian Theory into the Narrative-Discursive Method Qualitative Inquiry. Qualitative Inquiry, 19(8).
Rights: Pre-print version

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