DOI: 10.1177/089124395009001002 ISSN:

DOING DIFFERENCE

CANDACE WEST, SARAH FENSTERMAKER
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • Gender Studies
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In this article, we advance a new understanding of “difference” as an ongoing interactional accomplishment. Calling on the authors' earlier reconceptualization of gender, they develop the further implications of this perspective for the relationships among gender, race, and class. The authors argue that, despite significant differences in their characteristics and outcomes, gender, race, and class are comparable as mechanisms for producing social inequality.

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