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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... Sydney Biddle Barrows ( 1987 ) : I was motivated by the challenge of doing something better than everyone else . ... I was determined to create a business that would appeal to ... men , who consti- tuted the high end of the market ...
... Sydney Biddle Barrows ( 1987 ) emphasizes in her book her ladylike upbring- ing , her sensitive manners , and her appreciation of the finer things of life . Her lifestyle is obviously besmirched when she is arrested by the police and ...
... Barrows , Sydney Biddle , 62 , 64 , 65 , 67 , 81 Benstock , Shari , 60 Berger , John , 158 Bhavnani , Kum - Kum , 194 Binary oppositions , 5-6 , 26-27 , 34-35 , 185 autobiographical form and , 88 myths and , 57-58 Bochner , Arthur , 44 ...
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 |