Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Bohan, Janis S., Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and Performance
Tolman, Deborah L. and Brydon-Miller, Mary (Eds.), From Subjects to Subjectivities: A Handbook of Interpretive and Participatory Methods
Lau Chin, Jean (Ed.), Relationships Among Asian American Women
Bevacqua, Maria, Rape on the Public Agenda: Feminism and the Politics of Sexual Assault
Janis S. Bohan, Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and Performance
McMahon, Anthony, Taking Care of Men: Sexual Politics in the Public Mind
Wirth-Cauchon, Janet, Women and Borderline Personality Disorder: Symptoms and Stories
Chrisler, Joan C., Golden, Carla, and Rozee, Patricia (Eds.), Lectures on the Psychology of Women
Castle, David J., McGrath, John and Kulkarni, Jayashri (Eds.), Women and Schizophrenia
Crawford, Mary and Unger, Rhoda, In Our Own Words: Writings from Women's Lives (2nd Ed.)     

REVIEWS

Sex Roles and Aging: Theory and Research from a Systems Perspective , J. S inott , New York: Karger, 1986. xiv + 134pp., $24.50.
Career Guide for Women Scholars , S uzanna R ose (Ed.), New York: Springer, 1986. xx + 201pp., $16.95.
Female Psychology: A Partially Annotated Bibliography , C arole D illing and B arbara L. C laster (Eds.), New York: Coalition for Women's Mental Health, 1985, 328pp, (cost not given).     

Reviews

CREATING FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGY: PROCESS, PARADOX, AND OVERCOMING SILENCE Shaping the Future of Feminist Psychology: Education, Research, and Practice , JUDITH WORELL AND NORINE G. JOHNSON (Eds.).
IDENTIFYING ALLIES IS HALF THE BATTLE Arming Athena: Career Strategies for Women in Academe, LYNN H . COLLINS, JOAN C. CHRISLER, AND KATHRYN QUINA (Eds.).
ENTERING DANGEROUS WATER Sexually Aggressive Women: Current Perspectives and Controversies , P eter B. A nderson and C indy S truckman -J ohnson (Eds.).     

Reviews

Books Reviewed:
Fiona E. Raitt and M. Suzanne Zeedyk, The Implicit Relation of Psychology and Law: Women and Syndrome Evidence
Anna Motz, The Psychology of Female Violence: Crimes Against the Body
David Buss, The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is as Necessary as Love and Sex
Jane M. Ussher (Ed.), Women's Health: Contemporary International Perspectives
Barbara Jo Brothers (Ed.), The Abuse of Men: Trauma Begets Trauma
Agnes N. O'Connell (Ed.), Models of Achievement: Reflections of Eminent Women in Psychology
Alice F. Chang and Karen Mang Spruill, A Survivor's Guide to Breast Cancer
Rhoda K. Unger (Ed.), Handbook of the Psychology of Women and Gender     

BOOK REVIEWS

The Career Psychology of Women , N ancy B etz and L ouise F itzgerald
Women's Career Development , B arbara A. G utek and L aurie L arwood (Eds.)
The Psychology of Women: Ongoing Debates , M ary R oth W alsh (Ed.)
Female Authority: Empowering Women Through Psychotherapy , P olly Y oung -E isendrath and F lorence W iedenmann
MEDIA REVIEWS
We Dig Coal
DES: An Uncertain Legacy
The Plan
Futures Unlimited I: Expanding Your Horizons in Mathematics and Science , and Futures Unlimited II: Expanding Your Horizons in Technical and Vocational Education .     

REVIEWS

FEMINISTS CRITIQUE AND CREATE SEX RESEARCH
Sex Surveyed 1949–1994: From Mass-Observation's "Little Kinsey" to the National Survey and the Hite Reports , L iz S tanley .
(Hetero)sexual Politics , M ary M aynard and J une P urvis (Eds.).
FEMINIST SPIRITUAL PRACTICES AS ALTERNATIVES TO RELIGIOUS AND THERAPEUTIC CONVENTIONS
Spirituality As Therapy: The Psychological Value of Women's Religious Experiences, Women's Spirituality, Women's Lives , J udith O chshorn and E llen C ole (Eds.).
DEVELOPING A TRUE FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGY
Bringing Cultural Diversity to Feminist Psychology: Theory, Research, and Practice , H ope L andrine , (Ed.).
TRANSCENDING CONTRADICTION: A FEMINIST MIDRASH
Jewish Women Speak Out: Expanding the Boundaries of Psychology , K ayla W einer and A rinna M oon (Eds.).
THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL—EVEN IN WOMEN'S FRIENDSHIPS
Friendships Between Women: A Critical Review , P at O'C onnor .     

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PSYCHOLOGY BECOMES WISER AND MORE COMPASSIONATE ABOUT CHRONIC ILLNESS
Preventing Misdiagnosis of Women: A Guide to Physical Disorders That Have Psychiatric Symptoms , E lizabeth A. K lonoff and H ope L andrine .
Treating People with Chronic Disease: A Psychological Guide , C arol D. G oodheart and M artha H. L ansing .
Working with Chronic Illness , J enny A ltschuler .
A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST DIET
Toward a New Psychology of Gender , M ary M. G ergen and S ara N. D avis .
OPPRESSION, RESISTANCE, AND TRANSFORMATION
On Our Own Terms: Race, Class, and Gender in the Lives of African American Women , L eith M ullings . In J. A. Howard, B. Rismen, and M. Romero (Eds.), Gender Lens Series (vol. 1).
OPPRESSION, RESISTANCE, AND TRANSFORMATION
Asian American Women and Men: Labor, Laws, and Love , Y en L e E spiritu .     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Jack, Dana Crowley, Behind the Mask: Destruction and Creativity inWomen's Aggression
Brown, Lyn Mikel, Raising Their Voices: The Politics of Girls' Anger
Cohn, Samuel, Discrimination at Work
Denmark, Florence, Rabinowitz, Vita, and Sechzer, Jeri, Engendering Psychology: Bringing Women Into Focus
Matlin, Margaret, The Psychology of Women
Crawford, Mary and Unger, Rhoda, Women and Gender: A Feminist Psychology
Eckes, Thomas and Trautner, Hanns M. (eds.), The Developmental Social Psychology of Gender
Fischer, Agneta H. (ed.), Gender and Emotion: Social Psychological Perspectives
Harway, Michéle and O'Neil, James M., What Causes Men's Violence Against Women?
Johnson, Norine G., Roberts, Michael C., and Worell, Judith (eds.), Beyond Appearance: A New Look at Adolescent Girls
Lee, Wanda M.L., An Introduction to Multicultural Counseling
Jenkins, Yvonne M., Diversity in College Settings: Directives for Helping Professionals
Powell, Gary N., Handbook of Gender and Work     

REVIEWS

CONTEXTUAL AND PSYCHOANALYTIC ANALYSES OF MALE AGGRESSION AGAINST WOMEN Women and Domestic Violence: An Interdisciplinay Approach , LYNETTE FEDER (Ed.). Men Who Batter Women , ADAM EDWARD JUKES.
WHICH APPROACH: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN OR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER? Our Voices: Psychology of Women , E lizabeth A. R ider . Gender: Psychological Perspectioes (2nd ed.) , L inda B rannon .
GENDER AND EMOTION: A RICH ACCOUNT OF THE RELATIONSHIP Gender, Emotion and the Family , LESLIE BHODY.
A PRACTICAL VOLUME ON EATING PROBLEMS PREVENTION Preventing Eating Disorders: A Handbook of Interventions and Special Challenges , N iva P iran , M ichael P. L evine , and C atherine S teiner -A dair (Eds.).
FEMINIST THERAPY FOR FEMALE VICTIMS OF WAR Assault on the Soul: Women in the Former Yugoslavia S ara S harratt and E llynkaschak (Eds.).
A CULTURAL VIEW OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN A New Psychology of Women: Gender, Culture and Ethnicity , H ilary M. L ips .
AN EMPOWERING EXPLORATION OF WOMEN'S SEXUALITY ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN Women's Sexuality Across the Li;fe Span: Challenging Myths, Creating Meanings , J udith C. D aniluk .
SHARING IT ALL INSTEAD OF HALVING IT ALL Halving it All. How Equally Shared Parenting Works , F rancine M. D eutsch .
SHARING SECRETS AND COUNTERNARRATIVES Women's Untold Stories: Breaking Silence, Talking Back, Voicing Complexity , M ary R omero and A bigail J. S tewart (Eds.).     

REVIEWS

Women with Disabilities: Essays in Psychology, Culture and Politics , M ichelle F ine and A drienne A sch (Eds.).
Intimate Adversaries -Cultural Conflict between Doctors and Women Patients, A lexandra D undas T odd .
Empowering Women: Leadership Development Strategies on Campus , M ary A nn D anowitz S agaria (Ed.)
Journal of Feminist Therapy
The Unopposite Sex: The End of the Gender Battle , E lisabeth B adinter
The Search for Acceptance: Consumerism, Sexuality, and Self among American Women , J erry J acobs .     

Reviews

WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE IS STILL POLITICAL
The New Civil War: The Psychology, Culture, and Politics of Abortion , L inda J. B eckman and S. M arie H arvey (Eds.).
A MEMOIR OF A FEMINIST MARRIAGE
An Unconventional Family , S andra L ipsitz B em .
THE TAPESTRY OF WOMEN'S LIVES: STORIES OF MIGRATION
Women Crossing Boundaries: A Psychology of Immigration and Transformations of Sexuality , O livia M. E spin .
THE EVOLUTION OF THINKING ABOUT GENDER: FROM INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE TO GROUP PROCESS
The Two Sexes: Growing Up Apart, Coming Together , E leanor E. M accoby .
GAY AND LESBIAN YOUTH: TRAUMAS AND TREATMENTS
Queer Kids: The Challenges and Promise for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth , R obert E. O wens , JR.
GAY AND LESBIAN YOUTH: TRAUMAS AND TREATMENTS
Lesbian & Guy Youth: Care & Counseling , C aitlin R yan and D onna F utterman .
THE PROCESS OF QUESTIONING: IMPROVING OUR ETHICAL RESPONSIVENESS
Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling: A Practical Guide (2nd ed.), K enneth . S. P ope and M elba . J. T. V asquez .
THE NEW WOMAN
New & Improved: The Transformation of American Women's Emotional culture , J ohn C. S purlock and C ynthia A. M agistro .
A FEMINIST LEGACY THAT HAS YET TO END
Resisting Gender: Twenty-Five Years of Feminist Psychology , R hoda K. U nger .
GENDER SCHEMAS AND ACCUMULATED DISADVANTAGE SLOW WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women , V irginia V alian .     

REVIEWS

DISCOURSE ANALYSES IN FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGY: INTRIGUES AND ACTION POTENTIALS
Feminism and Discourse, Psychological Perspectives , S ue W ilkinson and C elia K itzinger (Eds.).
Psychology Discourse Practice: From Regulation to Resistance , E rica B urman , G ill A itken , P am A llred , T om B illington , B renda G oldberg , A ngel G ordo L opez , C olleen H eenan , D eb M arks, and S am W arner .
WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH: WE'VE (SORT OF) COME A LONG WAY, BABY
The Psychology of Women's Health: Progress and Challenges in Research and Application , A nnette L. S tanton and S heryle J. G allant (Eds.).
Psychopharmacology and Women: Sex, Gender and Hormones , M argaret F. J ensvold , U riel H albreich, and J ean A. H amilton (Eds.).
UNRAVELING PATRIARCHY
The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy , A llan G. J ohnson .     

Book Reviews

Psychology of Women: Resources for a Core Curriculum , S haron G olub and R ita J ackaway F reedman (Eds.)
Sex Differences in Human Performance , M ary A nne B aker (Ed.)
MEDIA REVIEWS
Heroes and Strangers
Man Oh Man: Growing Up Male in America
Variety is the Spice of Life     

BOOK REVIEWS

Untold Lives: The First Generation of American Women Psychologists, E lizabeth S carborough and L aurel F urumoto
The Psychology of Gender: Advances through Meta-analysis, J anet S hibley H yde and M arcia C. L inn (Eds.)
Mirror, mirror … : The importance of looks in everyday life, E laine H atfield and S usan S precher
Beauty Bound, R ita F reedman
Women, Feminism, and Biology: The Feminist Challenge, L ynda B irke , (Ed.)
Science and Gender: A Critique of Biology and its Theories on Women, R uth B leier
Feminist Approaches to Science, R uth B leier (Ed.)
Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Women and Men, A nne F austo -S terling
MEDIA REVIEWS
Miss … Or Myth?     

REVIEWS

Career Counsehag for Women , W. Bruce Walsh and Samuel H. Osipow (Eds.)
It Could Happen to Anyone: Why Battered Women Stay , OLA W. Barnett and Alyce D. Laviolette
Empowering and Healing the Battered Woman , Mary ann Dutton.
Breaking Destructive Patterns: Multiple Strategies for Treating Partner Abuse , Janet A. Geller.
Against Therapy , Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson.
Changing Our Minds: Lesbian Feminism and Psychology , Celia Kitzinger and Rachel Perkins.
Cultures of Organizations. Three Perspectives , Joanne Martin.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Contemporary Perspectives on Psychotherapy with Lesbians and Gay Men , TERRY S. STEIN AND CAROL COHEN (Eds.)
Women's Therapy Groups: Paradigms of Feminist Treatment , C laire M. B rody (Ed.)
A Mote in Freud Eye: From Psychoanalysis to the Psychology of Women , H. L erman
MEDIA REVIEWS
Just Between Sisters
Small Happiness
Critical Feminist Issues
Sexuality in Advertising
The Ultimate Test Animal
Not All Parents Are Straight
Surviving Sexual Abuse     

REVIEWS

Book Reviewed comes in this article:
Bodylove: Learning to Like Our Looks – And Ourselves , RITA FREEDMAN
In Dora's Case: Freud-Hysteria-Feminism (2nd ed.), CHARLES BERNHEIMER AND CLAIRE KAHANE
Updating the Core Psychology Course: Integrating Gender into the Curriculum , TOBY R. SILVERMAN-DRESNER
Managing Lives: Corporate Women and Social Change, S ue J. M. F reeman
Maternal Thinking, S ara R uddick
Exploring/Teaching the Psychology of Women: A Manual of Resources, M ichele A. P aludi     

Book Review Section

Book review in this Article:
MITROFF, IAN I., MASON, RICHARD O., and PEARSON, CHRISTINE M. Framebreak The Radical Redesign of American Business.
MINER, JOHN B. Role Motivation Theories.
STOKES, GARNETT S., MUMFORD, MICHAEL D., and OWENS, WILLIAM A. (Eds.). Biodata Handbook:
DUNNETTE, MARVIN D. and HOUGH, LEATTA M. (Eds.). Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Vol. 2 (2nd ed.).
MUCHINSKY, PAUL M. Psychology Applied to Work: An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology (4th ed.).
BEREMAN, NANCY A. and LENGNICK-HALL, MARK L. Compensation Decision Making:
BARRETT, DERM. Fast Focus on TQM: A Concise Guide to Company-wide Learning.
POWELL, GARY N. Women and Men in Management (2nd ed.).
BAILYN, LOTTE. Breaking the Mold: Women, Men, and Time in the New Corporate World.
HERMAN, STANLEY M. A Force of Ones: Reclaiming Individual Power in a Time of Teams, Work Groups, and Other Crowds.
HENEMAN, HERBERT G., III and HENEMAN, ROBERT L. Staffing Organizations.
PRUNT, DEAN G. and CARNEVALE, PETER J. Negotiation in Social Conflict.
NORTHEY, PATRICIA and SOUTHWAY, NIGEL. Cycle Time Management: The Fast Track to Time-Based Productivity Improvement.
SNYDER, NEIL H., DOWD, JAMES J., JR., and HOUGHTON, DIANNE MORSE. Visions, Values and Courage: Leadership for Quality Management.
KLOSE, ALLEN J. Breaking the Chains: The Empowerment of Employees: How to Evaluate, Monitor and Improve Employee Empowerment Levels.
ROMEYN, JANE. Flexible Working Time: Part-Time and Casual Employment.
PORTER, LYMAN W. and ROSENZWEIG, MARK R. (Eds.).     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article: HIRSCH, PAUL. Pack Your Own Parachute: How to Survive Mergers, Takeovers, and Other Corporate Disasters WALL, TOBY D., CLEGG. CHRIS W., and KEMP, NIGEL J. (Eds.). The Human Side of Adwnced Manufacturing Technology DAVIS, STANLEY M. Future Perfect COOPER, CARY L. and ROBERTSON, IVAN T. (Eds.). International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 1987 WOODMAN, RICHARD W. and PASMORE, WILLIAM A. (Eds.). Research in Organizational Change and Development. Volume I, 1987 WEISBORD, MARVIN R. Productive Workplaces: Organizing and Managing for Dignity. Meaning, and Community NATH, RAGHU (Ed.). Comparative Management: A Regional View KAKABADSE, ANDREW, LUDLOW, RON and VINNICOMBE, SUSAN. Working in Organisations MAYO, G. DOUGLAS and DU BOIS, PHILIP H. The Complete Book of Training: Theory, Principles, and Techniques GARDNER, JAMES E. Choosing Effective Development Programs: An Appraisal Guide for Human Resources and Training Managers GHORPADE, JAI V. Job Analysis: A Handbook for the Human Resource Director ELIZUR, DOV. Systematic Job Evaluation and Comparable Worth MORE, HARRY W. and UNSINGER, PETER C. (EMS.). The Police Assessment Center COLEMAN, JOHN L. Police Assessment Testing: An Assessment Center Handbook for Law Enforcement Personnel MORE, HARRY W. and UNSINGER, PETER C. (Eds.). Police Managerial Use of Psychology and Psychologists HANNA, DONALD G. How to Mange Your Police Department: A Handbook for Citizens, City Officials, and Police Managers MORRISON, ANN, WHITE, RANDALL P., VAN VELSOR, ELLEN, and The Center for Creative Leadership. Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Can Women Reach the Top of America's Largest Corporations? STRASSER, STEPHEN. Working It Out: Sanity and Success in the Workplace SAMLI, A. COSKUN (Ed.). Marketing and the Quality-of-Life Interface SAAL, FRANK E. and KNIGHT, PATRICK A. Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Science and Practice BEHRMAN, JACK N. Essays on Ethics in Business and the Professions BELOW, PATRICK J., MORRISEY, GEORGE L. and ACOMB, BETTY L. The Exqcutive Guide to Strategic Planning KASL, STAN V. and COOPER, CARY L. (Eds.). Stress and Health: Issues in Research Methodology WALTON, RICHARD E. Innovating to Compete: Lessonsfor Diming and Managing Change in the Workplace DeCENZD, DAVID A. and ROBBINS, STEPHEN P. Personnell Human Resource Management (3rd ed.) KOZIARA, KAREN SHALLCROSS, MOSKOW, MICHAEL H. and TANNER, LUCRETIA DEWEY (Eds.). Working Women: Past, Present, Future     

REVIEWS

AN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
Psychology of Women: A Handbook of Issues and Theories , F. L. D enmark and M. A. P aludi (Eds.).
TRANSFORMING OPPRESSION: FIGHTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse , E llen B ass and L aura D avis .
Victimized Daughters: Incest and the Development of the Female Self , J anet L iebman J acobs .
"WHAT'S BEEN LEFT OUT" OF PERSONALITY THEORY: THE CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN CREATING LIVES
Women Creating Lives: Identities, Resilience, and Resistance , C. E. F ranz and A. J. S tewart .
STORIES BY BLACK WOMEN: WRITING UNIQUELY AS WOMEN AND BLACKS
Life Notes: Personal Writings by Contemporary Black Women , P atricia B ell -S cott (Ed.).
DISRUPTING GENDER
Paradoxes of Gender , J udith L orber .
IT COVERS THE CONTEXT
Women in Context: Toward a Feminist Reconstruction of Psychotherapy , M arsha P ravder M irkin (Ed.).