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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... defined as a summation of how people in the world perceive us , was a concept that each person devel- oped through exposures to others . As a social constructivist , Kelly's personal construct theory ( 1955 ) defined how individuals ...
... definition excluded . With a constructionist vision of potentials , all activities and all methods are permitted ... defined form for writing psychology.27 By combin- ing his inspection of the manual with his interpretations of how ...
... definition must be as it is . Doesn't a definition defend an order of discourse , an order of life ? Whose lives are advan- taged by this form , and whose disadvantaged ? Should we ask ? What are the forms of our life stories ? We ...
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 |