Self, Community and Psychology

Self, Community and Psychology is a reader for students at the University of South Africa studying community psychology. It brings together some of the best recent local work written from critical, social constructionist, participatory and liberatory perspectives. Contents: * Liberation psychology * Critical reflections on community and psychology in South Africa * Social psychology and research methods * Psychology: an African perspective * Sociocultural approaches to psychology: dialogism and African conceptions of the self * Frantz Fanon and racial identity in postcolonial contexts * Feminist critical psychology in South Africa * Heterosexuality * Activity theory as a framework for psychological research and practice in developing societies * Participatory action research and local knowledge in community contexts * Street life and the construction of social problems * The role of collective action in the prevention of HIV/Aids in South Africa * Understanding and preventing violence