Description
Book SynopsisDeveloped from an edited series of journal articles into a larger collection with a clear identity and emphasis all its own-one need only browse through the Table of Contents. The divided lives of women in literature , Case studies of agency and communion in women''s lives, A sense of humor, Dialogue with Guatemalan Indian women, Coping with rape, Earliest memories: Sex differences and the meaning of experience, Women''s explanations for job changes, Androgyny and the life cycle: The Bacchae of Euripides -these are but a few of the topics represented in this diverse and interesting collection. What, then, binds these essays together? First and foremost, this is a book of stories about women, about the conflicts, choices, and opportunities that are present in the lives of women, both real and imagined.
Table of ContentsForeword
Introduction
PART I: Women's Consciousness: Public and Private Images
Sex in Psychological Paradigms--from Behavior to Cognition Rhoda Kesler Unger The Divided Lives of Women in Literature Katherine V. Pope
E. Nesbit's Forty-First Year: Her Life, Times, and Symbolizations of Personality Growth Ravenna Helson
Telling Our Mother's Story: Changing Daughters' Perceptions of Their Mothers in a Women's Studies Course Karen G. Howe
Case Studies of Agency and Communion in Women's Lives Abigail J. Stewart and Janet E. Malley
A Case of Feminist Transformation: A Constructivist-Developmental Perspective Diedrick Snoek
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies: Sex Role Stereotypes as Expectations for Behavior Shelagh M.J. Towson, Mark P. Zanna, and Glenda MacDonald
PART II: The Construction of Women (and Men)
Personal Construct Theory and Stimulus Sex and Subject Sex Differences Susan Z. Volentine and Stanley L. Brodsky Conceptual and Methodological Sources of Controversies about Androgyny Mary Anne Sedney
A Sense of Humor Leigh Marlowe
Humor in Conversational Context: Beyond Biases in the Study of Gender and Humor Mary Crawford
Dialogue with Guatemalan Indian Women: Critical Perspectives on Constructing Collaborative Research M. Brinton Lykes
Coping with Rape: Critical Perspectives on Consciousness Michelle Fine
PART III: Innovative Strategies for Examining Social Constructs
Explorations in Feminist Ideology: Surprising Consistencies and Unexamined Conflicts Rhoda K. Unger Taking the Traditional Route: Some Covert Costs of Traditional Decisions for the Married Career Woman Audrey Sanders, Janice M. Steil, and Janet Weinglass
Perceptions of Daily Life Scripts and Their Effects on College Women's Desires for Children Irene Hanson Frieze, Scott Bailey, Patricia Mamula, and Mira Moss
Earliest Memories: Sex Differences and the Meaning of Experience Adria E. Schwartz
She Has Her Reasons: Women's Explanations for Job Changes Marianne LaFrance
PART IV: Dichotomizing Sex and Gender: The Use of Fiction
Initiative Taking as a Determinant of Role-Reciprocal Organization Bertram A. John and Lori E. Sussman Androgyny and the Life Cycle: The Bacchae of Euripides Nancy Datan
The Pier Glass and the Candle: Reality, Perception, and Gender in the Fiction of George Eliot Joan E. Hartman
Imaging Feminist Visions: Comments on a Bibliography Michelle Fine, Louise Kidder, and Joanne Boell
The Social Construction of Gender: The Turn to Fiction Sondra Farganis
Biographies of Authors
