system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Has Judith Butler's notion of performativity ever been defended as an analysis of race or other social constructs?

Can one argue on similar grounds that motherhood, race, or other kinds of constructs are performative?
gpt
Required disclaimer: not philosophy (lurking sociologist)

For more on this you might enjoy the works of Erving Goffman, specifically *The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life* 

Many other sociologists since have taken on performativity/dramaturgy in relation to a variety of social roles. However, Goffman is more purely theoretical than most contemporary American sociologists who tend to focus on empirical work and mesolevel theorizing. 


When it comes to classic theory, "grand theory", and historical theory there is some interdisciplinary crossover. You may also find some useful cross over from Critical Theory frameworks.