Toward a New Psychology of Gender: A Reader - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415913071 ISBN 13: 9780415913072

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

Drawn from a brilliant array of voices primarily from psychology, but also from other social sciences and humanities, this unique reader of creative and intellectually provocative essays investigates the social construction of gender. For the past several decades, those involved with the study of the psychology of women and gender have been struggling for recognition within the framework of psychology. This volume brings together the writings from psychology, philosophy, psychoanalysis, history, women's studies, education and sociology that critique mainstream thinking and exemplify new ways of creating inquiry.

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Review:

"[An] enormously rich volume . . . The wealth of this volume comes from the inclusion of cross-cultural work, literary-critical trends, analyses of masculinity, offerings from gay and lesbian perspectives, family and clinical studies--thirty-two papers in all. . . . A review of this book cannot do it justice. . . . [R]eading this multidimensional book makes one envision a marvelous common ground between feminists and phenomenologists."
-"Journal of Phenomenological Psychology

Synopsis:

This volume brings together the writings from psychology, philosophy, psychoanalysis, history, women's studies, education and sociology that critique mainstream thinking in the psychology of women and gender and exemplify new ways of creating inquiry. Individual chapters address such topics as anorexia, AIDS and condom use, masculinity, gender differences in schools, black feminist thought and mother-daughter relationships. Contributors include Janis Bohan, Susan Bordo, Patricia Collins, Michelle Fine, Sara Davis, Mary M. Gergen, Celia Kitzinger, Lesley Miles, Valerie Walkerdine, Magaret Wetherell and Sue Wilkinson.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0415913071
• ISBN 13: 9780415913072
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 640
• Editor: Gergen Mary M., Davis Sara N.