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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... girls becoming adolescents have also focused on the loss of voice , the loss of expression , that accompanies entry into the adult world . Girls who spoke out about their views and feelings as 8 - year - olds become bland , opinion ...
... girl , character is made not so much on the playing fields as in private chambers . As Navratilova ( 1985 ) comments , The girls started to fill out in the sixth or seventh grade , but I didn't wear a bras- siere until I was fourteen ...
... girls , better seen than heard . Girls serve two roles : audience and assumed victims . They do not dare to be on the woman's side . They are observing and learning , as one local women's commissioner said , " to keep their mouths shut ...
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 |