Morison TMacleod C2023-09-042013-102023-09-042013-10-01QUALITATIVE INQUIRY, 2013, 19 (8), pp. 566 - 5771077-8004http://hdl.handle.net/10179/19802Judith 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.566 - 577(c) The author/snarrative analysisdiscursiveperformativity theoryperformancegender troubleJournal article10.1177/10778004134943442796111552-7565Massey_Dark1301 Education Systems1303 Specialist Studies in Education1608 Sociology