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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... assumption challenged the notion that facts are independent of the scientist who establishes them . This is still a ... assumed superiority of scientific truths over others , scientists have often become uninterested in 4 FEMINIST ...
... assumed to be based on a firm foundation of basic truths . In each case , each interpretation , fact , and description of how the context was set could have been otherwise . Otherwise could be other wise ; one might imagine other ways ...
... assumed that the participants already would be influenced by the popular culture to accept the social construction of meno- pause as an indicator of the loss of youth , beauty , and maternal Other : MG : Other : MG : Other : 106 ...
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 |