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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... forms of “ talk , " including its own . Multiple Communities of Meaning Making Every community supports certain forms of discourse and resists others . For example , adolescents in peer groups develop certain vocabularies that sustain ...
... Forms . Narrative psychology is perhaps the most de- veloped social constructionist form . The next two chapters of this volume , for ex- ample , are devoted to this endeavor . Among the many narrative publications , the series called A ...
... FORMS AND FOAM As stories are told , forms are recreated . The content belongs to the forms , and the forms control the content . Let us look at the forms more closely . Individuals have characteristic ways of navigating their lives ...
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 |