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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... York City in one context , a large fruit in another , a huge painting by artist Karl Appel in another , and , finally , a computer . Though it would appear that such limitations resulting from the capacity to deconstruct every word we ...
... York's bad boy builder , avoids any physical description of himself as a youth except to relate that he was physically aggressive to the point of giving a music teacher a black eye when he was in second grade " because he didn't know ...
... York : Berkley . Ellis , Carolyn , & Bochner , Arthur P. ( Eds . ) . ( 1996 ) . Composing ethnography : Alternative forms of qualitative writing . Walnut Creek , CA : Alta Mira . Elms , Alan . ( 1975 ) . The crisis of confidence in ...
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 |