The primacy of discourse in the study of gender in family therapy
| Autor: | Olga Sutherland, Carla Rice, Andrea LaMarre |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Family therapy
Male 050103 clinical psychology Social Psychology Discourse analysis Social reality media_common.quotation_subject Sexism diversity Power (social and political) power 5. Gender equality social constructionism gender Relevance (law) Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Family Interpersonal Relations Sociology discourse analysis media_common Communication 05 social sciences Gender studies 16. Peace & justice Postmodernism Social relation Clinical Psychology 050902 family studies Family Therapy Female discourse family therapy 0509 other social sciences Power Psychological Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Diversity (politics) |
| Popis: | Family therapists and scholars increasingly adopt poststructural and postmodern conceptions of social reality, challenging the notion of stable, universal dynamics within family members and families and favoring a view of reality as produced through social interaction. In the study of gender and diversity, many envision differences as social constructed rather than as "residing" in people or groups. There is a growing interest in discourse or people's everyday use of language and how it may reflect and advance interests of dominant groups in a society. Despite this shift from structures to discourse, therapists struggle to locate the dynamics of power in concrete actions and interactions. By leaving undisturbed the social processes through which gendered and other subjectivities and relations of power are produced, therapists may inadvertently become complicit in the very dynamics of power they seek to undermine. In this article, we argue that discourse analysis can help family therapy scholars and practitioners clarify the link between language and power. We present published examples of discourse analytic studies of gender and sexism and examine the relevance of these ideas for family therapy practice and research. |
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