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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... attributes or internal psychological ' vari- ables ' ... while neglecting other social and political analyses " ( pp . 40-41 ) . For Parlee , as well as for other feminists , socialist or Marxist in particular , this ten- dency to turn ...
... attributes and associations by virtue of cultural agreements to package it in this particular way . Note that a similar notion , the climacterium , has also been formulated as a biological event in the lives of men , but so far it has ...
... attribute of the endeavor . It is still possible to codify , videotape , and store perfor- mances so that they can be archived for future use . Not only do the scripts I have written as Chapters 7 and 8 stabilize my performances , but ...
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 |