Transforming Psychology - Gender in Theory and Practice

Informationen zum Autor Stephanie Riger is Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Klappentext Over the last two decades, a rich, diverse, yet sometimes contradictory body of research has been gathered under the general rubric of "psychology of women." This burgeoning literature represents several disciplines, among them psychology, psychiatry, sociology, political science, and women's studies. To bring sense to this agglomeration of views, both for the layperson and the student, the author looks at research in this area as a social process and refutes the notion that science can be objective about its search for universal truths. She asks us to reflect on how we choose among explanations of behavior, calling the need to examine the psychology of women in a social and historical context. Throughout the book, Riger reveals how interpretive frameworks shape how we perceive research findings. Her central theme suggests that social factors shape the meaning and experience of biological femaleness. Zusammenfassung A collection of previously published essays by a prominent feminist/psychologist. Riger attempts to challenge the underlying assumptions and methods of psychology as they are applied to the study of women.

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• Authors: Stephanie Riger, Stephanie (Professor of Women''s Studies Pr Riger, Stephanie (Professor of Women's Studies Program Riger, Riger Stephanie
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.09.2000
• EAN: 9780195074666
• ISBN: 978-0-19-507466-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Sexual Behaviour