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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... nude photos taken of her were published in national news- papers . Her downfall began on a trip to Amsterdam with a boyfriend : We went to the houseboat and sampled our new friend's excellent hashish . After a while , [ the friend ] ...
... nude , she cannot " see straight . " Her visions are twofold , as the object of the painting and as the viewer . Identifying oneself as the object can induce many feelings — shame , pride , envy , desire . As object , she knows that she ...
... nude body of another model ; this possibility is enhanced by the knowledge that in this same period , a similar painting purportedly of a nude " Marie Antoinette " was discovered to be fraudulent . It is clear the family of the duchess ...
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 |