In a Different Voice

Siince its publication more than a decade ago, this highly influential book has won international acclaim and pioneered a revolution in our understanding of female development psychology. Now, witth more than half a million copies of the first edition inprint, CArol Gillgan reflects on the impact and implictions of her findings in a new preface to her classic study.

ISBN 0674445449   Pages 216 ISBN13 9780674445444 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Harvard University Press   Weight (grammes) 195 Imprint Harvard University Press   Published in Cambridge, Mass Format Paperback   Height (mm) 210 Publication date 01 Jul 1990   Width (mm) 140 Library of Congress HQ1206.G58   Spine width (mm) 13 DEWEY 155.633   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly, General DEWEY edition DC21

		Introduction		1
1		Woman's Place in Man's Life Cycle		5
2		Images of Relationship		24
3		Concepts of Self and Morality		64
4		Crisis and Transition		106
5		Women's Rights and Women's Judgment		128
6		Visions of Maturity		151
		References		177
		Index of Study Participants		181
		General Index		182

Theories of moral development are not mere abstractions. They matter--to the way children are raised, to female and male self-esteem, as ammunition for personal and political attack--and that is why Carol Gilligan's book is important...[It] is consistently provocative and imaginative. -- Carol Tavris New York Times Book Review Girls in our society learn early on that they are expected to behave in certain ways. In her 1982 book In a Different Voice, Carol Gilligan, a psychologist at Harvard University, wrote about the powerful messages young girls receive from those around them. Girls are expected to be compliant, quiet and introspective. They soon learn that they should suppress any open expression of aggression or even strong non-compliant feelings. They also learn...to value relationships more than rules. -- T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. New York Times Syndicate 20000922 It has the charge of a revelation...[Gilligan] flips old prejudices against women on their ears. She reframes qualities regarded as women's weaknesses and shows them to be human strengths. It is impossible to consider [her] ideas without having your estimation of women rise. -- Amy Gross Vogue Gilligan's book is feminism at its best...Her thesis is rooted not only in research but in common sense...Theories of human development are never more limited or limiting than when their bias is invisible, and Gilligan's book performs the vital service of illuminating one of the deepest biases of all. -- Alfie Kohn Boston Globe A profound and profoundly important book. It poses a challenge to psychology...But it may be just what we need to revitalize our field and bring it into a more meaningful alignment with reality. -- Elizabeth Douvan Contemporary Psychology To those of us searching for a better understanding of the way men and women think and the different values we bring to public problems and to our private lives, [this book] is of enormous importance. -- Judy Mann Washington Post

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