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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... reflect upon one's actions and ask whether this mode of study is the best or the only mode that one could have chosen . Although there is no end to this questioning and no final answer , the asking itself is of benefit in breaking the ...
... reflect this commitment to empirical research methods in their editorial policies and in their publishing practices . Upon becoming editor of Psychology of Women Quarterly in 1995 , Nancy Felipe Russo ( 1995 ) described Sex Roles as ...
... reflect back and consider what you did to deserve me . ' Cause I certainly didn't make this up all by myself . But you might ask : " What is this ' Woman as Spectacle ' thing all about ? What is she going to do ? And why ? " Here I am ...
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 |