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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... events under study are cut away , as much as possible , from entangling outside influ- ences . My goal was to avoid decontextualizing the research . Instead , I tried to design an event that was quite conventional : a luncheon among ...
... event . Sounds like science by democratic means , but not very systematic . Though I would emphasize the desirability , even the necessity , of a participatory approach , I am also opposed to a position that denies the right of a social ...
... event as a non - event , an outcome that I had gone into the research desiring as emancipatory . Instead of deemphasizing menopause as a sig- nificant life event , which is how some research suggests older women view it , the outcome ...
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 |