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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... given the indeterminacy of the real and the impossibility of pro- ducing actions to create it , we do all find ourselves in a perma- nent " house of mirrors . " And without much to laugh about . Given these multidimensional complexities ...
... given a group of three short questionnaires to complete . Then after the session they were given a similar packet to take home with them to fill out the following day . These materials were then mailed back to me . One questionnaire ...
... given by Stephen Tyler , professor of anthro- pology at Rice University , a leading hot - rodder in the postmodern turn . Freed from the boundaries of convention , alert to linguistic snares , Tyler pursues a course that roams helter ...
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 |