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国外话语与性别研究综述

Discourse and Gender Studies in the West: A Review

Progress in Social Sciences / 2025,7(11): 847-852 / 2025-11-10 9 5

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• Authors: 胡泊
• Information:

  江西师范大学，南昌

• Keywords:
  “Discursive turn”; Gender identity; Social construction; Gender as performance
  “话语转向”; 性别身份; 社会构建; 性别的表演性
• Abstract: Since 1990s, there has been a change in focus in western language and gender scholarship from gender variations to discourses as sites of gender construction. Theoretically, this turn was inspired and supported by social constructionist and post-structuralist views on gender; methodologically, it was manifested largely by the transition from a preference for quantitative correlation analyses to that for localized qualitative analyses. Most discourse and gender studies could be seen as driven by two kinds of concerns, one on the production and circulation of gender norms, and the other on gender performance. The former is mainly taken up by critical discourse analysts, while the latter by researchers of different backgrounds, including social linguistics, CA, DP, CDA and FPDA. A comprehensive review of these studies can help scholars at home develop discourse and gender studies in Chinese contexts. 20世纪90年代以来，国外语言与性别研究逐渐向话语与性别研究转向:理论上，从本质主义性别观向社会建构主义和后结构主义转变；方法上，主要从定量的相关性研究向局部的定性研究过渡。话语与性别研究大致可分为两个方向：性别规约的生产与流通以及性别的表演。针对前者的研究主要来自批评话语学者，后者的研究方法各异，包括社会语言学、会话分析、话语心理学、批评话语分析以及女性主义后结构话语分析。对这些研究进行综合评介有利于我国研究者在话语与性别领域发展本土化研究。
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.35534/pss.0711144 (registering DOI)
• Cite: 胡泊．国外话语与性别研究综述［J］．社会科学进展，2025，7（11）：847-852.