Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1012672 in Books
• Published on: 1996-12-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 640 pages

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

From the Back Cover
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 Gender 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.

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.

About the Author
State University, Delaware County Campus. She is the editor of Feminist Thought and the Structure of Knowledge and is a founding member of the Taos Institute. Sara Davis is Assistant Professor of Psychology and is affiliated with the Women's Studies Program at Rosemont College.