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1	Gender: Psychological Perspectives more books like this by Linda Brannon add to wishlist A balanced approach to the gender course -- providing research related to both men and women's issues and encouraging critical thinking about topics that are relevant to all people. This book examines the topic of gender -- the behaviors and attitudes that relate (but are not entirely congruent with) biological sex. Research and scholarship form ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.90! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Women and Gender: A Feminist Psychology more books like this by Mary Crawford, Rhoda K Unger, PH.D. add to wishlist This best-selling text is intended for undergraduate courses in Psychology of Women, Sex and Gender, or Sex Roles offered by Psychology departments. Known for its engaging, never oversimplified style, "Women and Gender" features an integrated thematic organization throughout the book that is synthesized in its final chapter. The authors, well ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $46.00! \| SVS
3	To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism more books like this by Rebecca Walker (Editor) add to wishlist This anthology of writing on feminism. Includes pieces by Danzy Senna, Donna Minkowitz, Gina Dent, Naomi Wolf, Jason Schultz and others addressing the nature of feminism, its impact on everyday life, and what it promises for the future. Covers issues of power and language, the eroticization of violence, socialized desires, and sex and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Speaking the Unspeakable: Religion, Misogyny, and the Uncanny Mother in Freud's Cultural Texts more books like this by Diane E Jonte-Pace add to wishlist In this bold rereading of Freud's cultural texts, Diane Jonte-Pace uncovers an undeveloped 'counterthesis', one that repeatedly interrupts or subverts his well-known Oedipal masterplot. The counterthesis is evident in three clusters of themes within Freud's work: maternity, mortality, and immortality; Judaism and anti-Semitism; and, mourning and ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $4.63! \| first editions
5	Engendered Lives: A New Psychology of Women's Experience more books like this by Ellyn Kaschak, Ph.D. add to wishlist This study is an analysis of the relationship between the social construction of gender and the most intimate feelings and thoughts of women. Using examples from everyday life, and from film and literature, It presents a psychology of women that integrates all aspects of experience. The book won the 1992 Critic's Choice Award by the American ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Religion and Psychology in Transition: Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and Theology more books like this by James William Jones, Psy.D., PH.D. add to wishlist A dialogue between contemporary psychoanalytic thinking and contemporary theology is presented in this text. Light is shed on the interaction of religion and psychology by viewing it from the perspective of world religions, and including gender as a category of analysis. see all copies from $14.63! new only from $36.96!
7	The power of beauty more books like this by Nancy Friday add to wishlist In Renaissance art, Nancy Friday was struck by what she perceived as a beam of light between the eyes of Madonna and child, which is called "the gaze" in contemporary child psychology. Friday contends that if a person did not receive the gaze from mother and father, they will seek it for the rest of their life. The theme of this book is that we ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Power of Beauty: A Cultural Memoir of Beauty and Desire more books like this by Nancy Friday add to wishlist From the diaphragm to the WonderBra, the author of such classic books as My Secret Garden and My Mother/My Self traces the past 25 years of changes in women's attitudes about self-esteem, appearance, and sexuality. Taking readers from the Patriarchal Fifties to the Empty Package Nineties, Friday discuses a wide range of topics, exploring the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Our Voices: Psychology of Women more books like this by Elizabeth A Rider add to wishlist Elizabeth Rider's Our Voices explores the psychology of women of diverse backgrounds in a way that captivates readers. The author objectively discusses research findings about women's development and the variations in patterns resulting from race, culture, social class, and sexual orientation,=. Our Voices also offers revealing comparisons of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.56! \| SVS
10	The Gendered Atom: Reflections on the Sexual Psychology of Science more books like this by Theodore Roszak, Jane Goodall (Foreword by) add to wishlist This text explores the uncharted depths of the scientific soul. There, beneath the scientist's calm, rational surface, historian Theodore Roszak finds a maelstrom of repressed sexual prejudices and gender stereotypes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.23! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Lanahan Readings in the Psychology of Women more books like this by Tomi-Ann Roberts (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $85.66!
12	Beyond the Masks: Race, Gender and Subjectivity more books like this by Amina Mama add to wishlist Psychology has had a number of things to say about black and coloured people and some of which have reinforced stereotyped and derogatory images. This text is an account of black psychology, exploring key theoretical issues in race and gender. It examines the history of racist psychology and of the implicit racism throughout the discipline. The ... see all copies from $26.46! new only from $26.46!
13 view cover	Ring of Power: Symbols and Themes, Love Vs. Power in Wagner's Ring Cycle and in Us: A Jungian-Feminist Perspective more books like this by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. add to wishlist A woman dreams about an event which then happens. A man thinks about being out of contact with an old friend; the phone rings and the caller is that friend. Someone experiences sympathetic pains while a relative undergoes surgery.... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Toward a New Psychology of Gender: A Reader more books like this by Mary M Gergen (Editor), Sara N Davis (Editor) add to wishlist This volume brings together the writings from psychology, philosophy, psychoanalysis, history, women's studies, education and sociology that critique mainstream thinking in the psychology of women and gender and exemplify new ways of creating inquiry. Individual chapters address such topics as anorexia, AIDS and condom use, masculinity, gender ... see all copies from $4.23! new only from $43.05! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Mother-Infant Bonding: A Scientific Fiction more books like this by Diane Eyer add to wishlist In the 1960s and 1970s two paediatricians published a series of articles and books arguing that mothers and their infants must be physically close immediately after birth in order for their future relationship to develop properly. In spite of the fact that the research findings on boding have now been dismissed by most of the scientific community, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.45! \| first editions \| SVS
16	From Mastery to Analysis more books like this by Patricia Elliot add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Psychology of Women: A Lifespan Perspective more books like this by Claire Etaugh, Judith S Bridges add to wishlist Chronologically organized, this book recognizes that a woman's experiences change as she goes through different life stages. In this rapidly expanding field of psychology, Etaugh and Bridges present this new text that draws on a rich blend of current and classical research to present a broad range of issues relevant to girls and women throughout ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $45.00! \| first editions
18 view cover	Disruptive Voices: The Possibilities of Feminist Research more books like this by Michelle Fine add to wishlist Provocative essays on the ways feminist approaches to research can unite research practice and social action. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.61! \| first editions
19 view cover	Men and Women in Interaction more books like this by Elizabeth Aries, Elizabeth Aires add to wishlist This is critical review and re-evaluation of the empirical literature on men and women in conversational interaction in light of recent debates about gender differences. Aries contends that gender differences have been exaggerated and that many variables have been ignored, most notably the status and power of the individuals in conversation, their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $51.91! \| SVS
20 view cover	Sexuality, Intimacy, Power more books like this by Muriel Dimen add to wishlist Can contemporary psychoanalysis tell us anything about sexuality that is new and clinically meaningful? It most certainly can, answers Muriel Dimen in Sexuality, Intimacy, Power, a compelling attempt to revivify Freud's core interest, in sexual impulses in the ordinary sense of the term. But there is nothing ordinary about Dimen's project. Drawing ... see all copies from $45.00! new only from $45.00! \| first editions
21 view cover	Transforming Psychology: Gender in Theory and Practice more books like this by Stephanie Riger add to wishlist Over the last two decades, a rich, diverse, yet sometimes contradictory body of research has been gathered under the general rubric of 'psychology of women'. This burgeoning literature represents several disciplines, among them psychology, psychiatry, sociology, political science, and women's studies. To bring sense to this agglomeration of views, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Women's Ethnicities: Journeys Through Psychology more books like this by Faye J Crosby, Karen F Wyche (Editor), Editor * (Editor) add to wishlist Having agreed that gender constitutes a fundamental category of analysis, feminists are now paying attention to variations among women. This book is part of that effort. In this volume, seventeen women psychologists address issues of diversity while exploring the effects of essentialismthe presumed sameness of all women. By exposing the ways in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions
23 view cover	Feminist Groupwork more books like this by Sandra Butler, Claire Wintram add to wishlist Feminist Groupwork explores the purposes, practice and effectiveness of groupwork with women, drawing upon the authors' own involvement in setting up and running community-based women's groups. The book offers clear accounts of the structured content of group sessions and the definitions and measurements of change developed by participants. It ... see all copies from $8.96! new only from $33.80!
24 view cover	Resisting Gender: Twenty-Five Years of Feminist Psychology more books like this by Rhoda Kesler Unger add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $38.45!
25 view cover	Psychology of Women: A Handbook of Issues and Theories more books like this by Professor Florence L Denmark (Editor), Michele A Paludi (Editor) add to wishlist With the rise of feminist thought and women's studies, there has been a growing need for a comprehensive reference on the psychology of women. This handbook provides a systematic and informative overview of the psychological world of women. The volume is organised in several sections, each of which discusses a broad aspect of the mental and ... see all copies from $3.96! new only from $133.15! \| SVS

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