Transforming Theory And Research With Women: Themes and Variations
- 1 December 1994
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychology of Women Quarterly
- Vol. 18 (4) , 443-450
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1994.tb01041.x
Abstract
We look at some of the ways in which feminist theorists and researchers apply new insights to established topics in psychology, as they explore the landscape of the unknown and unspoken in the lives of girls and women. The articles in this special issue present research and reflections by a group of feminist scholars, some of us from the editorial board of the Psychology of Women Quarterly and others from the larger academic community. Each contributor, selecting from a personal interest or expertise, reconceptualizes a topical area of psychology with the intent of reframing our understanding of its meaning, its impact on women's functioning, and/or its application to feminist research and theory. To provide a background, we review a sample of contributions of feminist thought to the contemporary revolution in science. We then ask the question: In what ways have feminist perspectives and scholarship transformed psychology in the particular areas addressed by these authors?Keywords
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