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Published: 26th February 2000
ISBN: 9780415921787
Number Of Pages: 318
This collection of original essays integrates the exciting recent scholarship on feminist theories and methods into developmental psychology. It also acquaints women's studies scholars with issues in developmental psychology that raise interesting questions for feminist theories. Its focus goes beyond that of traditional scholarship that tends to focus only on sex differences and sex roles; instead it considers alternative views of what is worth studying, how one should study it, etc. The chapters provide new, feminist perspectives on topics of great current interest to developmental psychologists.
"A sparkling set of essays at the confluence of developmental psychology and feminist theory. This sophisticated collection bubbles over with provocative and vigorously argued ideas, novel questions, and innovative modes of inquiry. It's a gem." -Jeanne Maracek, Professor of Psychology and Coordinator of the Women's Studies Program at Swarthmore College "Miller and Scholnick's book is cause for celebration: at long last, a feminist perspective on developmental psychology. The ideas presented in this book transform the study of sex differences." -Peggy Miller, Professor of Psychology and Speech Communication at the University of Illinois ""Toward a Feminist Developmental Psychology combines critical analysis with generative, positive frameworks for improving both theory and practice." -Erica Burman, Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at The Manchester Metropolitan University
| Preface | p. vii |
| Feminist Perspectives and Developmental Psychology: What Are the Issues? | |
| Introduction: Beyond Gender as a Variable | p. 3 |
| Feminist Theories: Implications for Developmental Psychology | p. 11 |
| Engendering Development: Metaphors of Change | p. 29 |
| Cognitive Development: Embedded, Connected, and Situated | |
| The Development of Interconnected Thinking | p. 45 |
| Entering a Community of Minds: "Theory of Mind" from a Feminist Standpoint | p. 61 |
| Accuracy, Authority, and Voice: Feminist Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory | p. 85 |
| A Feminist Perspective on the Development of Self-Knowledge | p. 107 |
| Revisioning Social and Cognitive Development | |
| The Social Construction and Socialization of Gender during Development | p. 127 |
| Toward a Gender-Balanced Approach to the Study of Social-Emotional Development: A Look at Relational Aggression | p. 153 |
| Gender Essentialism in Cognitive Development | p. 169 |
| Positionality and Thought: On the Gendered Foundations of Thought, Culture, and Development | p. 191 |
| Naming, Naturalizing, Normalizing: "The Child" as Fact and Artifact | p. 215 |
| The Other Half of the Partnership: Developmental Psychology Can Inform Feminism | |
| Engendering Development--Developing Feminism: Defining the Partnership | p. 241 |
| Bibliography | p. 255 |
| Contributors | p. 297 |
| Index | p. 301 |
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ISBN: 9780415921787
ISBN-10: 0415921783
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 318
Published: 26th February 2000
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 22.86 x 15.88
x 2.54
Weight (kg): 0.52
Edition Number: 1
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