Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and PerformanceSAGE Publications, 2001 - 229 pages Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology introduces a distinctive new mode in doing psychology. This psychology is based on an increasingly popular range of ideas called social constructionism. Within the book, new forms of theory and methods of inquiry relating social constructionism to feminist topics are introduced. Each chapter highlights different topics of special concern within gender studies, especially the psychology of women. The book draws from the central tenets of postmodern inquiry, as played out in the positive framework of social constructionism. Emphasized are reflexivity, the social basis of reality making, the breakdown of traditional narrative forms, the loss of objectivity as a scientific standard, and the possibilities for new forms of doing research. In this respect, the book is unique and serves to provide a point of view on an intriguing movement that is gaining momentum across the social sciences and humanities. |
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... Beverly Sills : I think " Se Pieta " was the single more extraordinary piece of singing I ever did . I know I had never heard myself sing that way before . . . . The curtain began com- ing down very slowly ... and then a roar went ...
... Beverly Sills reminisces that " one of the things I always loved best about being an opera singer was the chance to make new friends every time I went into a new production " ( Sills & Linderman , 1987 , p . 229 ) . She writes when she ...
... Beverly Sills's account of her body's reaction to her chores in the management of the opera company after her retirement as a diva is illustrative : I was working like a horse , my blood pressure was way up , and I was eating six meals ...
Contents
The Emergence of Feminist Postmodern Psychology | 9 |
Pieces of a Dream | 52 |
Bodies Under Construction | 72 |
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Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and Performance Mary Gergen Limited preview - 2000 |
Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and Performance Mary Gergen No preview available - 2001 |