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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... aspects of one's grounding as foundational or true . In this respect , the feminist standpoint position and the postmodern one need not be at odds . The question of difference between them concerns certainty , not value orientation ...
... aspect of life . For example , the Psychology of Women Quarterly , the official journal of the American Psychology Asso- ciation's Division 35 , the Psychology of Women , defines itself as “ a feminist journal that aims to encourage and ...
... aspects of your study : intersubjective , participatory , and emancipatory . Did you , as host , succeed in ... aspect of my emancipatory goal . Touché . But you must admit that doing research that claims to be emancipatory defies the ...
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 |