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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... sexual relationship is often a very integrative expe- rience to a woman , whereas it might be regarded as an impersonal exchange by a man , whose focus might be elsewhere . From this perspective , the coherence of same - sex ...
... sexual potency . On the other hand , the climacterium may not be totally useless as a " biological event " for men because it could help to explain poor sexual perfor- mance . We shall have to wait to see which function is more strongly ...
... sexuality , order might be undercut , thereby threatening the controlling privileges of the elite . Thus , denial of the overt nature of the sexual imagery is rampant . An example of denial in this case is evident in the remarks of the ...
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 |