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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... interest among readers and prompt other researchers , therapists , and teachers to continue to develop this overly ripe apple of my eye . Traditionally , psychologists have approached the study of interpersonal rela- tions by observing ...
... interest now and is unlikely to attract it in the future . Social Ghosts From a Therapeutic Perspective Social ghosts have had a livelier existence among therapists than among research scholars . From the point of view of many clinical ...
... gender studies for many years . Her special fields of interest in- clude the social construction of adulthood and aging , embodiment , and narrative psychology . THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN APR 1 9/2002 APR 3 0 229 About the Author 229.
Contents
The Emergence of Feminist Postmodern Psychology | 9 |
Pieces of a Dream | 52 |
Bodies Under Construction | 72 |
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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 |