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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... rated undergradu- ates on their physical appearance as they interacted with them and then lied to them to make them think their blind date for a dance had been arranged by a com- puter on the basis of compatibility , not by physical The ...
... rated from " I , myself " ) some form of congratulations . Like a motor car that has outlasted those of one's friends , it is a machine of which one may feel proud to be the owner . This orientation flavors John Paul Getty's ( 1986 ) ...
... rated myself from the group in significant ways . Many of the participants ' comments , I believe , were directed at the group problem of handling my intrusion as a psychologist into a very loosely knit group of friendly tennis players ...
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 |