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The psychological development of girls and women : rethinking change in time

Greene, Sheila, 1946-

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\"This thoroughly revised new edition updates Sheila Greene's original transformative account of the psychological development of girls and women, and the central role of time in shaping human experience. Greene critically reviews traditional and contemporary theoretical approaches - ranging from orthodox psychoanalysis to relational and post-modern theories - and argues that even those which claim to focus on development have presented a view of women's lives as fixed and determined by their nature or their past. These theories, she believes, should be rejected because of their inherent lack of validity and their frequently oppressive implications for women. Essential but often neglected insights from the more compelling developmental and feminist theories are woven together within a theoretical framework that emphasizes temporality, emergence, and human agency. The result is a liberating theory of women's psychological development as constantly emerging and changing in time rather than as static and fixed by their nature, socio-cultural context, and personal history. Updated for a new generation of readers, The Psychological Development of Girls and Women will continue to be essential reading for students and researchers in the psychology of women, developmental psychology, and women's studies\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Routledge
• Subject: Women Psychology. / Girls Psychology. / Developmental psychology. / Feminist psychology. / PSYCHOLOGY / General. / PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General. / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
• ISBN: 9780415730181, 041573018X, 9780415730174, 0415730171

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