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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... social constructionism has to offer us . Social Construction The social constructionist position , in its connection to the deconstructionist movement , might be regarded as its Janus - like Other . This metaphor of the two- faced Greek ...
... social constructivist , Kelly's personal construct theory ( 1955 ) defined ... constructionism , to be applied to all forms of “ talk , " including its own ... social connections among them . If certain ways of " wording " do not gain ...
... social constructionism ? What makes a text belong under the loosely flung tent of constructionism ? First , nothing is by definition excluded . With a constructionist vision of potentials , all activities and all methods are permitted ...
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 |