Women Creating Lives
Identities, Resilience, And Resistance
1st Edition
Published on 15. June 1994
Book
Hardback
346 pages
978-0-8133-1872-1 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of case studies shows how women's psychological lives unfold across the broad spectrum of experience. The contributors study women from many backgrounds - old and young, rich and poor, heterosexual and lesbian, and from various races - in the context of their individual circumstances, to reveal the psychological complexities that are unique to each one, and at the same time the relationship between psychological development and gender. The book provides a window on the world of those who have struggled to enter traditionally male domains such as medicine, together with those who have suffered bereavement, sexual abuse or political turmoil. The relationship between two lesbian priests is explored and the study of two black activists' political involvement shows how a sense of community can reinforce the changing image of the self.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-1872-1 (9780813318721)
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Content
Introduction - women's lives and theories, Carol E. Franz and Abigail J. Stewart. Part 1 Psychologists (re)creating women's lives: towards a feminist strategy for studying women's lives, A.J. Stewart; attempting to comprehend the lives of low-income mothers, Deborah Belle; the ethics of ambiguity - feminists writing women's lives, Gail A. Hornstein. Part 2 Dialogues - talking with women about their lives: against the odds - resiliency in an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Frances K. Grossman and Roslin P. Moore; a word and a kindness - the journey of a black social worker, Rosario Ceballo; speaking against the silence - one Maya woman's exile and return, M.Brinton Lykes; coping with internment - a Nisei women's perspective, Donna K. Nagata; "I didn't want a life like that" - constructing a life between cultures, Amy Schulz. Part 3 Overcoming distance in studying women's lives: who's that girl? - a case study of Madonna, Lynne Layton; image, theme and character in the life-story of Karen Horney, Dan P. McAdams; the complexities of a young adult woman's relational work - challenges, demands and benefits, Elizabeth L. Paul; traumatic historical events and adolescent psychosocial development - letters from V, Oliva M. Espin. Part 5 One life among many - cases drawn from group studies: medicine is my lust - the story of a woman physician, Lillian K. Cartwright; reconstituting the self - the role of history, personality and loss in one woman's life, C.E. Franz; my dirty little secret - women as clandestine intellectuals, Carol Tomlinson-Keasey. Part 7 Lives in contrast - comparative case studies: difference, desire and the self - three stores, Arlene Stein; personal choices in political climates - coping with legal and illegal abortion, Sharon Gold-Steinberg; struggle and strength in the lives of two lesbian priests, Brian Litzenberger; meanings and uses of marginal identities - social class at Radcliffe in the 1960s, Joan M. Ostrove and A.J. Stewart; a struggle that continues - black women, community and resistance, Elizabeth R. Cole; lessons from lives, C.E. Franz et al.