| Resisting Gender: Twenty-Five Years of Feminist Psychology Contributor(s): Unger, Rhoda K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803978251 ISBN-13: 9780803978256 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $63.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1998 Annotation: Resisting Gender provides a reflexive social history of the development of the psychology of women as an academic field of research and teaching. Core areas of concern in feminist psychology are examined, including discrimination, power and social control, critique of theory and content in psychology, and epistemology. The book outlines the stages through which the psychology of women has moved, and highlights the on-going questions and dilemmas for the field. The author, Rhoda K. Unger, is an eminent scholar and activist in American feminist psychology. She has been involved with the discipline as a researcher, teacher, author, and leader since its inception, and is in a unique position to introduce us to, and offer her personal perspective on, the key debates and concerns that have driven, or been driven by, the field of the psychology of women. Resisting Gender is primarily written for graduate students and professionals who are new to the psychology of women. It should also be read by scholars of psychology, sociology, social history, history of science, and women's studies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology - Medical | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 150.82 |
| LCCN: 98-61048 |
| Series: Gender and Psychology |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.38" W x 8.46" (0.64 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume provides a reflexive social history of the development of the psychology of women as an academic field of research and teaching. Core areas of concern in feminist psychology are examined, including discrimination, power and social control, critique of theory and content in psychology, and epistemology. Resisting Gender outlines the stages through which the psychology of women has moved, and highlights the ongoing questions and dilemmas for the field. Rhoda Unger has been involved with the discipline as a researcher, teacher, author and leader since its inception, and is in a unique position to introduce us to, and offer her perspective on, the key debates and concerns that have driven, or been driven by, |
Contributor Bio(s): Unger, Rhoda K.: - Rhoda K Unger is Professor of Psychology at Montclair State University and Visiting Scholar in women's studies at Brandeis University. She is co-author of the bestselling textbook Women and Gender: A Feminist Psychology (2nd Edition, 1996). |