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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... prediction , and creating " just - in - time " inventory control of production via computers , greatly reinforced those who employed and were affected by such modern techniques . Psychology as a Modernist Science The optimism created by ...
... predict . How do you defend the criteria by which you have chosen your words ? It is hard to defend the choices I have made . The tape recording of a conversation with eight people , one and a half hours long , especially when everybody ...
... predicted for them . And normally , if one looks long enough and hard enough , compelling evidence will be forthcoming . My aim was to create a forum for rebuttal to the bleak notion of what it is to be a " middle - aged " woman in ...
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 |