"Challenging Women" builds upon feminist analyses of psychology to look critically at the assumptions which underlie both psychology and feminism. Drawing upon current feminist research and theory, the authors explore key professional issues in psychology and its related disciplines. While opening up questions rather than imposing answers, they develop practical feminist interventions and contributions to these issues. "Challenging Women" examines a range of topics central to psychology as well as other clinical, educational and policy disciplines. These include sexual abuse, menstruation, feminist therapy, the regulation of mothering, the gendering of the "caring" professions, and women's safety. Throughout, the authors explore themes of: difference, power and reflexivity; the politics of research; the "cultural maleness" of psychological theory and teaching; and the relations between "race" and gender. "Challenging Women" is the first book to provide a systematic and mutual critique of feminism and psychology, and to explore the practical implications they have for each other. It should be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of psychology, gender, women's studies, and the health and caring professions.

Challenging Women: Psychology's Exclusions, Feminist Possibilities

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alldred, Pam

Taylor, Karen

Marks, Deborah

Marshall, Jane

Warner, Sam

Brewley, Catherine

Goldberg, Brenda

Heenan, Colleen

Ullah, Robina

Psychology & Counseling

Open Univ Pr

This book combines young people's views of sex education, schooling and parenthood, with those of teachers, school nurses and head-teachers. It brings together these varied perspectives and considers how they reveal different values, aims and agendas. The authors highlight the potential conflict between approaches to education and health, and reveal the complexity of dealing with sexuality and gender in real-life situations. Focusing on young people's identities in the classroom, contemporary theoretical approaches in the social sciences are employed to explore how gender is enacted and experienced by individuals, and how social pressures and government agendas operate at the level of the individual.

Get Real About Sex: The Politics And Practice Of Sex Education

Education & Teaching

David, Miriam E.

Schools & Teaching

Psychology, Discourse And Social Practice

What damage does psychology do to people's lives, and what can we do about it? How do we recognise and support resistance? Written by expert practitioners-researchers, this co-authored book explores how psychology legislates on normality and then uses its "expert" knowledge to turn social marginalisation into pathology. Chapters address a range of cultural and institutional arenas in which inequalities structured around categories of gender, "race", class and sexuality are reproduced by psychological practices: from self-help books to special hospitals, from school exclusions to Gender Identity Clinics, from mothering magazines to mental health services. But far from just documenting the damage, this book identifies the ways in which both professionals and users of services can act to counter psychology's abuses. As practical intervention as well as theoretical critique, Psychology, Discourse and Social Practice offers tangible examples of how change can be effected. This book will be of interest to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in psychology, health, education and welfare disciplines. It is also relevant to social workers and education and health professionals, as well as professional psychologists.

Psychology, Discourse And Social Practice: From Regulation To Resistance

Billington, Tom

Burman, Erica

Aitken, Gill

Allwood, Robin

Juan, Angel

Lopez, Gordo

Mark, Debs

Mental Health

Taylor&Francis

Sociology and the New Materialism: Theory, Research, Action

The first book of its kind, Sociology and the New Materialism explores the many and varied applications of "new materialism," a key emerging trend in 21st century thought, to the practice of doing sociology. Offering a clear exposition of new materialist theory and using sociological examples throughout to enable the reader to develop a materialist sociological understanding, the book: <ul>
<li>Outlines the fundamental precepts of new materialism</li> <li>Explores how materialism provides new perspectives on the range of sociological topic areas</li> <li>Explains how materialist approaches can be used to research sociological issues and also to engage with social issues.</li> </ul>
Sociology and the New Materialism is a clear and authoritative one-stop guide for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in sociology, cultural studies, social policy and related disciplines.

Politics & Social Sciences

Fox, Nick J.

Social Sciences

Sage Publications Ltd.

The first book of its kind, Sociology and the New Materialism explores the many and varied applications of "new materialism," a key emerging trend in 21st century thought, to the practice of doing sociology. Offering a clear exposition of new materialist theory and using sociological examples throughout to enable the reader to develop a materialist sociological understanding, the book: <ul>
<li>Outlines the fundamental precepts of new materialism</li> <li>Explores how materialism provides new perspectives on the range of sociological topic areas</li> <li>Explains how materialist approaches can be used to research sociological issues and also to engage with social issues.</li> </ul>
Sociology and the New Materialism is a clear and authoritative one-stop guide for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in sociology, cultural studies, social policy and related disciplines.

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