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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... close to that standard as is humanly possible ( Tetlock , 1994 ) . The eventual goal of psychology is the prediction and control of human activity . Although some aspects of this formulation have mellowed with time , the guardians of ...
... close to three years . . I get involved in a lot of controver- sies and I make a lot of people mad at me , and so maybe at the end of these four years they'll say , " He's too controversial and we don't want him ! " And maybe they'll ...
... close to " true " reports of life stories as possible . The authors and their ghost writers are engaged by editors to expose their stories without obfuscating literary accouterments . Thus , these narratives are in the mainstream of ...
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 |