Women's Ethnicities | Journeys Through Psychology | Karen F Wyche | Ta

ABSTRACT

Eighteen women psychologists address issues of diversity while exploring the effects of essentialism - the presumed sameness of all women. By exposing how their own work incorporates their gender and ethnicities, the contributors embark on a journey of awareness built on communication and collaboration. Discussing dilemmas of gender and ethnicity

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|4 pages

Introduction: Coming Together

part Part One|58 pages

Education Is Political

chapter 2|18 pages

Staying Within the Academy

chapter 3|22 pages

Teaching Is a Political Act: Contextualizing Gender and Ethnic Voices

chapter 4|14 pages

Walking the Talk: On Stage and Behind the Scenes

part Part 2|62 pages

Women’s Work: Mothering and Modeling

chapter 5|20 pages

Overcoming Stereotypes of Mothers in the African American Context

chapter 6|18 pages

Minority Mothers: Stress and Coping When Your Child Is in Special Education

chapter 7|20 pages

Emotional Well-Being and Parenting Behavior Among Low-income Single Mothers: Social Support and Ethnicity as Contexts of Adjustment

part Part 3|76 pages

Gender, Culture, and Values

chapter 8|16 pages

Living with Anomalies: Sojourns of a White American Jew

chapter 9|22 pages

The Moral Self, Values, and Circles of Belonging

chapter 10|16 pages

Intraethnic and Interethnic Diversity: Researching the Japanese American and Mexican American Communities

chapter 11|18 pages

Rethinking Psychological Theory to Encompass Issues of Gender and Ethnicity: Focus on Achievement