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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... adult world . Girls who spoke out about their views and feelings as 8 - year - olds become bland , opinion- less , and self - effacing at 12 ( Brown & Gilligan , 1992 ) . This developmental per- spective posits a shift in the identity ...
... adult male autobiographies is focused on career success , which is typically defined independently from the body . The discourse of career tends toward the transcendent - emphasizing ideals , goals , values , and aspira- tions as ...
... adults who are intellectually and socially competent and relatively stable emotionally can , with ease , write about their relationships with social ghosts . Support for the notion of the normalcy of these subjects comes from a similar ...
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 |