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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... chapters were orig- inally published in different forms . Chapter 2 : Revised version of " Life Stories : Pieces of a Dream . " In G. Rosenwald & R. Ochberg ( Eds . ) , Storied Lives ( pp . 127-144 ) . New Haven , CT : Yale University ...
... chapter serves as a critical wedge against the totalitarian force of traditional linear narratives in the generation of personal lives and scientific research findings . Chapter 3 highlights questions related to the importance of ...
... chapter . The potential for investigating historical events to create new forms of psy- chological knowledge is examined in Chapter 6. The pivotal fulcrum of the chap- ter is the topic of the " male gaze " in relation to the female body ...
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 |