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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... authority has controlled the narrative forms ? We would be in good company . Many feminist literary critics have expanded this perspective ( see Benstock , 1988 ; DuPlessis , 1985 ; Smith , 1987 ) . Writers such as Virginia Woolf ( 1929 ...
... wanted to arrange this project , I had taken one step down the road to authority . When I chose the problem , the method , the participants , the fees , the Other : MG : Other : MG : Other : 102 FEMINIST RECONSTRUCTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGY.
... authorities . This position is ex- emplified in a comment from a professor of art history and the director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic ... authority .... Art makes inequality 158 FEMINIST RECONSTRUCTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGY.
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 |