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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... activity . The intellectual world as we know it would not exist without the services of those within the modernist movement who freed us from the constraints of earlier ways of think- ing that confined inquiry solely to the search for ...
... activity that almost disappears in favor of more mature forms of intellectual pro- cessing in adulthood . As characterized by Vygotsky ( 1962 ) , children develop internal dialogue as a result of having achieved a certain competence in ...
... activity . This awareness fosters reflexivity among them . They ask : What is it we are doing here right now ? Part of this reflexivity is to reckon with the perspective of the performers themselves , including their value investments ...
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 |