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TY - JOUR
T1 - A ‘Proper Night Out’
T2 - A Practice Theory Exploration of Gendered Drinking
AU - Hennell, Kath
AU - Limmer, Mark
AU - Piacentini, Maria
PY - 2023/6/1
Y1 - 2023/6/1
N2 - Drawing on the three-element model of social practice theory and key conceptualisations relating to gender performance, this article reports on an empirical study of the intersecting practices of drinking alcohol and doing gender. We present data from a 14-month research project to explore the online and offline intoxicated drinking practices of 23 young people in England framed as a ‘proper night out’. The data were analysed with a focus on three elements (the ‘corporeal’, ‘alcohol’, and ‘caring’), and the findings demonstrate how young people collectively practice gender through their intoxicated drinking practices. This operationalisation of practice theory highlights the potential value that a practice theory lens has for exploring gendered social practices and broadening understandings of notions of acceptable and suitable practice performance.
AB - Drawing on the three-element model of social practice theory and key conceptualisations relating to gender performance, this article reports on an empirical study of the intersecting practices of drinking alcohol and doing gender. We present data from a 14-month research project to explore the online and offline intoxicated drinking practices of 23 young people in England framed as a ‘proper night out’. The data were analysed with a focus on three elements (the ‘corporeal’, ‘alcohol’, and ‘caring’), and the findings demonstrate how young people collectively practice gender through their intoxicated drinking practices. This operationalisation of practice theory highlights the potential value that a practice theory lens has for exploring gendered social practices and broadening understandings of notions of acceptable and suitable practice performance.
KW - alcohol
KW - drinking practice
KW - femininities
KW - gender
KW - masculinities
KW - practice theory
KW - social practice
KW - young people
U2 - 10.1177/13607804211055488
DO - 10.1177/13607804211055488
M3 - Journal article
VL - 28
SP - 355
EP - 372
JO - Sociological Research Online
JF - Sociological Research Online
SN - 1360-7804
IS - 2
ER -