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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... Second Woman : [ Aside ] It would be much easier ( and more to the point ) to talk about hot dogs and hot dog buns . First Woman : But much less elegant , and much less French . The problem ... my problem : How to compos ( t ) e a ...
... Second Woman : As Edward Said said , " Transform binary opposition into an First Woman : economy in which terms circulate . " Or , as a chaoticist might insist , let the boiling pot of words break the liminarity and the clarity of ...
... Second Woman : Collapsing the opposition of love and hate . Collapsing the opposition : Femme and them , me and he . First Woman : Second Woman : First Woman : Collapsing the opposition ( by taking the wind out of their sails ? ) . Co ...
Contents
The Emergence of Feminist Postmodern Psychology | 9 |
Pieces of a Dream | 52 |
Bodies Under Construction | 72 |
Copyright | |
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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 |