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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... recall of this imaginal dialogue allowed the therapeutic team to enlarge the couple's under- standings of their violent interchanges and to create ways to undermine and defuse them . Although these examples stress the positive outcomes ...
... recall . Per- haps there is no finite limit to the possibilities . From my own experience , I would be inclined to agree with Mary Watkins's ( 1986 ) comment that there is a " very din of imaginal voices in adulthood " ( p . 173 ) ...
... recalls the binary oppositions separating men and women , includ- ing the stereotypes of males and females most prevalent in the society , then the notion that the mature , emotionally stable , and rational human being is character ...
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 |