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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... painting , Goya's The Nude Maja , and four others were removed from a classroom as a re- sult of a protest from a teacher that the painting made her and some of her stu- dents uncomfortable and was a distraction to them . " He phrased ...
... painting . " 12 The Power Elite : A View From the Top The male establishment [ let me try not to make them sound like the forces of the Evil Empire ] effects control by defining the nature of cultural resources and their distribution ...
... paintings the importance of the nobil- ity in Spain . He also depended on his liaisons with powerful women to seal his ... painting is a political act , with many ramifications for the negotiation of power relations . Though it may seem ...
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 |