Shifting Identities Shifting Racisms: A Feminism & Psychology Reader / Edition 1

by Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Ann Phoenix

Overview

This collection makes an important contribution to contemporary feminist and psychological debates on identities and racisms. It addresses issues of commonalities, differences, subjectivities and the contradictory nature of positionings which are central concerns for feminist and anti-racist politics.

Leading feminists examine: the ways in which psychology has reproduced racism; the complexity of issues of identities and racisms which are shown to be multiple, constantly variable and renegotiable; the need to problematize and unpack ‘whiteness'; and the problems of identity politics both in terms of explanatory power and political action.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803977877
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/11/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

Ann Phoenix is Professor of Psychosocial Studies at Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education. Her research interests are psychosocial, including motherhood, family lives, social identities, young people, racialization and gender. She has particular interests in qualitative and mixed methods, re-use of data and narrative research.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Shifting Identities Shifting Racisms - Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Ann Phoenix
An Introduction
PART TWO: ARTICLES
Shifting the Subject - Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Donna Haraway
A Conversation between Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Donna Haraway, 12 April 1993, Santa Cruz, California
Resisting Racism and Sexism in Academic Psychology - Karen L Henwood
A Personal/Political View
Empowering Women? The Oprah Winfrey Show - Corinne Squire
Harmonious ‘Heimat' and Disturbing ‘Ausl[um]ander' - Nora R[um]athzel
Contradictory Positions, Ambivalent Perceptions - Philomena Essed
A Case Study of a Black Woman Entrepreneur
Asian Women's Ethnic Identity - Anne Woollett et al
The Impact of Gender and Context in the Accounts of Women Bringing Up Children in East London
Di(s)-secting and Dis(s)-closing ‘Whiteness' - L Mun Wong
Two Tales about Psychology
Experience, Identities and Alliances - Erica Burman
Jewish Feminism and Feminist Psychology
Women, Ethnicity and Empowerment - Nira Yuval-Davis
PART THREE: OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTARIES
I. The Politics of White and Black Bodies - Barbara Trepagnier
II. White Women's Identity and Diversity - Shari Tarver-Behring
Awareness from the Inside Out

Editorial Reviews

‘A collection of timely articles about the dynamic nature of identities and racisms ... Bhavnani and Phoenix provide a clear theoretical framework for understanding the role psychology played in this construction.... Raises a number of important issues.... Calls for much needed debate both within and outside psychology. Shifting Identities Shifting Racisms is a book worthy of closer examination' - Soc Info

‘Although argued within the feminist and psychological debate, this book has validity everywhere, especially for the beginnings of understanding whiteness as an historical construct' - The National Network Newsletter for Equal Opportunities

‘The 12 sections of the volume form a cohesive and well-integrated whole, ranging from an authoritative theoretical introduction through research studies, personal biographics and examinations of the media, to somewhat shorter commentaries and observations.... the articles are written clearly and accessibly and are well-referenced.... The background of the contributors is varied and draws on workers in both Britain and the United States. Although the overall perspective is psychological, the papers draw on sociological, political and cultural perspectives as well. In conclusion the volume provides a valuable addition to the growing field of gender and woman's studies and deserves a wide readership' - The Psychologist

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