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The Gender and Psychology Reader

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This co-edited collection contains 41 chapters written by 60 authors. My personal favorites are #14, the hard to find "Raising Darwin's Consciousness" by Sarah Hrdy and #3, the previously unpublished "Doing Personality Research: How Can Feminist Theories Help?" by Abigail Stewart. The co-editors did a nice job of creating a valuable and informative collection that is also well organized with useful editors' commentaries.

The co-editors of this intelligent Reader are to be commended for their perceptive selections and editorial introductions and conclusion. Many carefully selected and arranged readings are included. Co-editor Blythe Clinchy is a co-author of the classic book "Women's Ways of Knowing" and co-editor Julie Norem has recently published a book about constructive pessimism, "The Positive Power of Negative Thinking." All of this is high quality psychology that suggests the field does have a future in the 21st century.

Gender is approached from a semiotic sensibilty decoding alluring cultural iconography.