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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Narrative, Gender, and Performance Mary Gergen. many feminist standpoint theorists , this new position not only would be distinct from the men's standpoint but also would provide a superior type of knowledge . It would be better because ...
... standpoint psychologists is adopted from object relations theory , especially as encountered in Nancy Chodorow's ... standpoint theorists have built their highly popular models of gender identity and difference . Critiques of the ...
... standpoint is . Often the solution to this dilemma of the single story among those within the standpoint position is to encourage a proliferation of voices , all of whom presumably can speak their own truths . With this strategy , 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 |