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Conversation analysis in gender and sexuality studies

  • Ann Weatherall
Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter Peer-review

Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Abstract

The interdisciplinary field of Gender and Sexuality Studies addresses the historical, social and political forces shaping the ways members of society understand and experience their gender and sexuality. Conversation analysis is not primarily concerned with sex, gender, and sexuality: Rather its intellectual project is to explain how everyday life is produced through the routine interpersonal interactions that people have with each other. However, there are some important confluences, including the resonances between contemporary feminist post structuralist theories of gender performativity and ethnomethodological ones of gender as an achievement. Importantly feminist research using conversation analysis is expanding its scope by addressing significant social problems, such as gendered violence, women’s reproductive health, and “isms” in talk and interaction. Furthermore, such research can generate a grounded, evidential basis to inform responses to gender and sexuality issues as they continue to evolve with advances in new technologies.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter Peer-review

Original language

English

Publication milestones

  • Accepted/In press - 03/04/2025

Publication status

Accepted/In press - 03/04/2025

Publisher

Routledge, United States, United Kingdom

ISBN (Print)

9781032730011

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/626597

Host publication title

The Routledge Handbook of Conversation Analysis

Access to documents

author's accepted version
Accepted author manuscript, 317.89 KB
Access to file: Embargo ends 04/10/2026

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