Toward a New Psychology of Gender: A Reader

by Gergen,Mary M.; Gergen,Mary M.

• ISBN13: 9780415913072
• ISBN10: 0415913071
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-01-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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.Toward a New Psychology of Genderbrings 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. Individual chapters address topics such as anorexia, AIDS and condom use, masculinity, gender differences in schools, black feminist thought and mother-daughter relationships. The contributors, from diverse ethnic groups, sexual orientations, age groups and backgrounds, include Rachel Hare-Mustin, Patricia Hill Collins, Mary Brown Parlee,Michelle Fine, Jane Flax, Carol Stack, Susan Bordo, Janis Bohan, bell hooks and Michael S. Kimmel.

Table of Contents

Preface
Toward a New Psychology of Gender: Opening Conversations	p. 1
Regarding Gender: Essentialism, Constructionism, and Feminist Psychology	p. 31
Feminist Poststructuralism and Discourse Analysis	p. 49
Feminism and Psychology	p. 65
Making Sense: Interviewing and Narrative Representation	p. 99
Writing Ethnography: Feminist Critical Practice	p. 117
Dialogue with Guatemalan Indian Women: Critical Perspectives on Constructing Collaborative Research	p. 129
Linguistic Repertoires and Literary Criticism: New Directions for a Social Psychology of Gender	p. 149
Femininity as Performance	p. 171
Children and Gender: Constructions of Difference	p. 185
Life Stories: Pieces of a Dream	p. 203
Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity	p. 223
Post-Colonial Feminism and the Veil: Thinking the Difference	p. 245
They Have Eyes and See Not: Gender Politics in the Diaspora Museum	p. 257
Agreeing to Differ: Feminist Epistemologies and Women's Ways of Knowing	p. 267
Corpses, Lepers, and Menstruating Women: Tradition, Transition, and the Sociology of Knowledge	p. 285
New Voices, New Visions: Toward a Lesbian/Gay Paradigm for Psychology	p. 295
Forgotten Forms of Close Combat. Mothers and Daughters Revisited	p. 311
The Meaning of Motherhood in Black Culture and Black Mother/Daughter Relationships	p. 325
Like Family: Power, Intimacy, and Sexuality in Male Athletes' Friendships	p. 341
Sexual Biology and the Symbolism of the Natural	p. 363
Sexuality, Schooling, and Adolescent Females: The Missing Discourse of Desire	p. 375
Virgins and Queers: Rehabilitating Heterosexuality?	p. 403
Anorexia Nervosa: Psychopathology as the Crystallization of Culture	p. 423
Gender Identities at the Crossroads of Masculinity and Physical Disability	p. 455
Women, AIDS, and Power in Heterosexual Sex: A Discourse Analysis	p. 479
Gender Displays and Men's Power: The "New Man" and the Mexican Immigrant Man	p. 503
Essentialism, Women and War: Protesting Too Much, Protesting Too Little	p. 521
Feminist Politicization: A Comment	p. 533
Disappearances, Silences, and Anxious Rhetoric: Gender in Abnormal Psychology Textbooks	p. 543
Discourse in the Mirrored Room: A Postmodern Analysis of Therapy	p. 553
Love and Violence: Gender Paradoxes in Volatile Attachments	p. 575
Skipping Stone: Circles in the Pond	p. 605
Contributors	p. 613
Copyright Permissions	p. 621
Index	p. 625
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