Toward a Feminist Developmental Psychology

Book Overview

This collection of original essays integrates the exciting recent scholarship on feminist theories and methods into developmental psychology. It also acquaints women's studies scholars with issues in developmental psychology that raise interesting questions for feminist theories. Its focus goes beyond that of traditional scholarship that tends to focus only on sex differences and sex roles; instead it considers alternative views of what is worth studying, how one should study it, etc. The chapters provide new, feminist perspectives on topics of great current interest to developmental psychologists.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415921783
• ISBN13: 9780415921787
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Informative Book

The contributors of this edition provide an informative account of the ways feminism and developmental psychology can contribute to and benefit from each other. They start out by explaining feminism(s) and developmental psychology, then describe feminist accounts of cognitive development, and provide suggestions on how to revise accounts of social and cognitive development. This book can help many feminists and developmental psychologists to realize the benefits they can derive from working together.