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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... effect . That is , the participants rated their self - images at the outset very posi- tively ; therefore , there was not much room for improvement after the discussion . Before the discussion , they saw themselves as very competent and ...
... effects of confiding traumatic events on conditions of health ( Pennebaker , 1990 ) . Using a technique in which subjects write detailed memories of either traumatic or nontraumatic events , these researchers have tracked the ...
... effects of engaging in imagined interactions than many of those cited above in psychology and psychiatry . In George Herbert Mead's self theory ( 1934 ) , for example , imag- ined dialogues are necessary preformulations for the ...
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 |