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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... feminist voices both within psy- chology and across all disciplines was an important political and intellectual goal , and I wrote of " the power ... FEMINIST - EMPIRICIST POSITION : THE ( FAIRLY ) 10 FEMINIST RECONSTRUCTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGY.
... Feminist - Empirical Turn Supporting the Modernist Science Methodology Feminist empiricists in psychology are modernists in that they generally agree with their peers as to what constitutes " good " scientific practices within the field ...
... Feminist Standpoint Critiques -Sandra Farganis ( 1994 , p . 44 ) Empiricists and feminist standpoint theorists often resist either directly or indirectly social constructionist claims . Empiricists often ignore the philosophi- cal and ...
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 |