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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... voices , exploring various narrative forms , and creating new writ- ing styles for presenting research practices . Writing Multiple Voices . The ethnographic approach yields many innovative possibilities for feminists within a ...
... voice . One voice belongs to an androcentric order . Will our singing mute the single voice before we drown ? Or being mermaids , perhaps our burial grave is on the earth , not under the sea ? AUTHOR'S NOTE : Besides the many voices ...
... voices that are " not - me - as - writer . " You , as the Other , are the " free - floating " signifier , who never stays in one place for long . Sometimes you are the various shadow voices speaking to me as though reading over my ...
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 |