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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... increasing willingness to challenge its ancestry . Celia Kitzinger ( 1991b ) , a prominent British psycholo- gist , has described this tension in the following manner : " Feminist psychology is fundamentally a contest over meanings ...
... increases . As health threats impinge on the body , it cannot be safely ignored any longer . For the older male authors , three primary reactions to their bodily states tend to be found . First , there is a self - congratulatory theme ...
... increasing levels of abstraction . Whereas a young child might think of moral issues in terms of imagining a parent giving praise or punishment , for example , older children should be able to think more in terms of rules or principles ...
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 |