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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... problem in his life story , disappears . The begrudg- ing interruption of the heroic narrative is more dramatically illustrated in Ansel Adams's ( 1985 ) revelations of his chronic and increasingly disabling problems : " As I cleared ...
... problem by actually planning to transform the image of the older woman through action rather than through words . Though no one was willing to discard the reality of menopause as a biological event , they were eager as individuals to ...
... problem ... my problem : How to compos ( t ) e a postmodernist pose , one that does not crush my feminist folds . Second Woman : Irigaray speaks of the folds of femininity in perpetual embrace . As women , in a constant caress ...
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 |