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Social Constructionism

Social Representations in the “Social Arena”

Social Representations in the “Social Arena”
  • Edited by Annamaria Silvana de Rosa.

Published July 2012

Social Representations in the 'Social Arena' presents key theoretical issues and extensive empirical research using different theoretical and methodological approaches to consider the value of social representation theory when social representations are examined in real world contexts. This…
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Social Identity in Question

Construction, Subjectivity and Critique

Social Identity in Question
  • By Parisa Dashtipour.

Published June 2012

Social identity theory is one of the most influential approaches to identity, group processes, intergroup relations and social change. This book draws on Lacanian psychoanalysis and Lacanian social theorists to investigate and rework the predominant concepts in the social identity framework.…
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A Critical Psychology of the Postcolonial

The Mind of Apartheid

A Critical Psychology of the Postcolonial
  • By Derek Hook.

Published November 2011

An oft-neglected element of postcolonial thought is the explicitly psychological dimension of many of its foundational texts. This unprecedented volume explores the relation between these two disciplinary domains by treating the work of a variety of anti-colonial authors as serious psychological…
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Visual Methods in Psychology

Using and Interpreting Images in Qualitative Research

Visual Methods in Psychology
  • Edited by Paula Reavey.

Published July 2011

This comprehensive volume provides an unprecedented illustration of the potential for visual methods in psychology. Each chapter explores the set of theoretical, methodological, as well as ethical and analytical issues that shape the ways in which visual qualitative research is conducted in…
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The Madness of Women

Myth and Experience

The Madness of Women
  • By Jane M. Ussher.

Published March 2011

Why are women more likely to be positioned or diagnosed as mad than men? If madness is a social construction, a gendered label, as many feminist critics would argue, how can we understand and explain women's prolonged misery and distress? In turn, can we prevent or treat women’s distress, in a…
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Racial Encounter

The Social Psychology of Contact and Desegregation

Racial Encounter
  • By Kevin Durrheim, and John Dixon.

Published October 2005

The political and legislative changes which took place in South Africa during the 1990s, with the dissolution of apartheid, created a unique set of social conditions. As official policies of segregation were abolished, people of both black and white racial groups began to experience new forms of…
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Social Constructionism

Social Constructionism
  • By Vivien Burr.

Published August 2003

This accessible, yet scholarly, textbook aims to introduce students to the area of social science theory and research that has come to be known as social constructionism. Using a variety of examples from everyday experience and from existing research in areas such as personality, sexuality and…
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