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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... feel free to substitute explicit inter- ests for implicit ones . Feminism challenges us to articulate our values and , on the basis of these , to develop new theories and formulate new research practices . ( p . 163 ) How liberating ...
... feel a bit out of control of this material because I never know what you are going to say . Fiction writers often ... feeling about you , Other . It's not about me , really , but about the polyvocality of the piece . We are doing this ...
... feeling unstable . Now maybe these other people who I talked to who feel so good now didn't feel so good before they went through menopause . [ Loud general talking among the group ; comments of agreement with the last statement ] They ...
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 |