Eva Magnusson, Jeanne Marecek

Gender and Culture in Psychology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introduction to psychology of gender that anchors psychological life and personal meaning in social interchanges, language, societal structures and culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 351g
• ISBN-13: 9781107649514
• ISBN-10: 110764951X
• Artikelnr.: 34540430

Autorenporträt

Eva Magnusson is Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies at the University of Umeå, Sweden. She is also affiliated with, and teaches at, the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Umeå (and is a past chair of the Centre).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Gender and culture in psychology: a prologue
2. Categories and social categorization
3. Laying the foundation
4. Theories of gender in psychology: an overview
5. A turn to interpretation
6. Doing interpretative psychological research
7. Discursive approaches to studying gender and culture
8. Gender and culture in children's identity development
9. Identity and inequality in heterosexual couples
10. Coercion, violence and consent in heterosexual encounters
11. Women's eating problems and the cultural meanings of body size
12. Psychological suffering in social and cultural contexts
13. Feminism and gender in psychotherapy
14. Comparing women and men: a retrospective on sex difference research
15. Psychology's place in society and society's place in psychology.