Kathy Charmaz is arguably the most important member of the second generation of grounded theorists. In this paper we present our analysis of her research and published works in reference to the historical and biographic contexts that shaped them. Our analysis is framed by the sexpartite scholarly identity Charmaz developed over the course of the 55 years of her academic career, including: medical sociologist, symbolic interactionist, qualitative researcher, grounded theorist, public sociologist, and interpreter of the Chicago School Diaspora. We examine the significant theoretical, methodological, and substantive contributions she has made, such as her work on the implications of silences in qualitative interviewing, the necessity of contextualizing research, the gendered nature of living with chronic illness and disability, and most notably, the features of her own constructivist grounded theory. In doing so, we address tensions in her understanding of obdurate reality and theoretic saturation, as well as the perils of the unintended consequences of championing reflexivity. We conclude by conceptualizing how Charmaz's scholarly activities serve as a means by which Chicago School traditions are passed on to subsequent generations of symbolic interactionists and grounded theory researchers.

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Kathy Charmaz：理论、方法和学术身份

Kathy Charmaz 可以说是第二代扎根理论家中最重要的成员。在本文中，我们将参考塑造它们的历史和传记背景，对她的研究和已发表的作品进行分析。我们的分析以 Charmaz 在其 55 年学术生涯中形成的性别学术身份为框架，其中包括：医学社会学家、符号互动学家、定性研究人员、扎根理论家、公共社会学家和芝加哥学派侨民的口译员。我们研究了她在理论、方法和实质性方面做出的重要贡献，例如她在定性访谈中沉默的影响的工作、背景化研究的必要性、慢性病和残疾患者的性别特征，最值得注意的是，她自己的建构主义扎根理论的特征。在这样做的过程中，我们解决了她对顽固现实和理论饱和的理解中的紧张关系，以及支持反身性的意外后果的危险。最后，我们将 Charmaz 的学术活动如何作为芝加哥学派传统传递给后代符号互动论者和扎根理论研究人员的一种手段进行概念化。