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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... women - first and women - only re- search . As a response to the notion made famous by Simone de Beauvoir ( 1953 ) that women have always been positioned as the “ Other ” in male - dominated sys- tems , women become the " One " in this ...
... Women Quarterly , the official journal of the American Psychology Asso- ciation's Division 35 , the Psychology of Women , defines itself as “ a feminist journal that aims to encourage and develop a body of knowledge about the psychology ...
... women . The notion that men have greater transitional potential seems to extend over the life span . Freud's descriptions of these different trajectories is apposite . A 30 - year - old woman is viewed as rigidly finalized and a man of ...
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 |