The Nexus between Feminism and Postmodernism: Still a Central Concern for Critical Social Work

Morley, Christine; Macfarlane, Selma

doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcr107

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“…Feminist poststructuralists also challenge the notion of women’s shared experience, since the category “woman” is itself experienced differently and fractured along race, class, sexuality, disability, age, and other lines ( Featherstone, 2001 ; Morley and Macfarlane, 2011 ; Pollack and Rossiter, 2010 ; Rossiter, 2000 ; Sands and Nuccio, 1992 ). Of course, this is not merely a poststructural claim.…”

Section: Poststructural and Postmodern Feminist Social Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social work and gender: An argument for practical accounts

Hicks

2014

Qualitative Social Work

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This article contributes to the debate on gender and social work by examining dominant approaches within the field. Anti-discriminatory, woman-centered and intersectional accounts are critiqued for reliance upon both reification and isolation of gender. Via examination of poststructural, queer and trans theories within social work, the author then presents accounts based upon structural/materialist, ethnomethodological and discursive theories, in order to open up debates about conceptualization of gender. These are used to suggest that social work should adopt a focus on gender as a practical accomplishment that occurs within various settings or contexts.

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Section: Poststructural and Postmodern Feminist Social Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social work and gender: An argument for practical accounts

Hicks

2014

Qualitative Social Work

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“…This discourse defines therapy not as a neutral action but rather as one that is led by values such as social justice and protection of human rights. Therapists can be more effective if they integrate the understanding of how power influences oppression, liberation, and ultimately well-being into their practice (Morley & Macfarlane, 2012; Prilleltensky et al, 2008).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Alternative approaches such as the ecological discourse see the person as part of the sociocultural systems that largely shape people's identity and lives and resist the separation between the social world and the personal world. The daily personal reality is understood as an expression of social structure where socioeconomic status plays a critical role in shaping their struggles and reality (Morley & Macfarlane, 2012).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Why Come for Treatment?” Clients’ and Therapists’ Accounts of the Presenting Problems When Seeking Mental Health Care

2018

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Although identification of main problems is the foundation for treatment planning, limited research has examined reasons for seeking mental health care. We identified reasons for seeking mental health care as reported by clients and therapists upon initial contact with mental health services. We conducted in-depth interviews with clients and their therapists immediately following the intake. We analyzed 117 therapist and 112 client interviews using thematic analysis. Overall interrater reliability among three raters who coded the interviews was high (kappa = 0.72). Our findings suggest that, overall, clients and therapists report similar main area problems that bring clients to care. Emotional distress and other psychiatric symptoms as well as interpersonal problems were most prevalent. Therapists tended to ignore some problem areas that clients highlighted, including physical problems and socioeconomic strains. Raising awareness to potential gaps in perception of main problems that bring clients to care will promote a shared understanding and improve quality of care.

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“…Abdu then again, who is eager to postpone family benefits and intending to leave his family, in any case, holds the vision of bringing his mom when he will have 'made it' in the 'brilliant West'. In this manner, unmistakably the intercultural romantic tale of Julie and Abdu/Ibrahim plainly works as a site of distinction and paired resistances, a place at which each position and character picks up lucidity and shape through its/his/her showdown with huge Others which serves to explain the utilisation of Postmodern Feminism similarly displaying the two primary characters with no sex separations, drawing them into an image, both confronting each other ultimately, as though each is facing a mirror, possibly to locate that regardless of whether both are fundamentally similar they are by the by various (Morley & MacFarlane, 2012).…”

Section: Julie's Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%