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Re-Telling Our Stories

Critical Autoethnographic Narratives

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Gresilda A. Tilley-Lubbs

    1. Virginia Tech, USA

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  2. Silvia Bénard Calva

    1. Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico

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  • Re-telling Our Stories presents perspectives from both Mexico and the United States as authors examine the intersections between critical pedagogy and autoethnography as performed in their respective countries
  • Re-telling Our Stories problematizes cultural and theoretical intersections and interactions among the authors, questioning whether their differences in perspective are causes or results of the power and privilege differential between the Mexico and the United States
  • Re-telling Our Stories presents compelling personal narratives and poems that tell stories of cross-cultural encounters and reflections on identity that can be read for pleasure, inviting readers to examine their own stories through cultural lenses

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Theory of Critical Autoethnography

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Critical Autoethnography and the Vulnerable Self as Researcher

      • Gresilda A. Tilley-Lubbs
      Pages 3-15

  3. Autoethnography as Pedagogy (Or How it Teaches)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Our Will to Construct a Horizontal Bridge Between Uneven Latitudes

      • Silvia Bénard Calva
      Pages 19-32

    3. Naming in My Present the Past Nameless

      • David Castillo-Arceo
      Pages 33-50

    4. Good Intentions Pave the Road to Hierarchy

      • Gresilda A. Tilley-Lubbs
      Pages 51-67

    5. “Were You There?”

      • Jennifer Sink Mccloud
      Pages 69-84

    6. The Inquisition/Torture of the Tenure Track

      • Gresilda A. Tilley-Lubbs
      Pages 85-101

  4. Observing the Self as Vulnerable other

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Henry and Sneaky

      • Kelly Munly, Gresilda A. Tilley-Lubbs, Carl Sheusi
      Pages 105-122

    3. From Impressionism to Realism

      • Silvia Bénard Calva
      Pages 123-131

    4. Metamorphosis

      • Dyanis Popova
      Pages 133-143

    5. What Remains

      • Jen Henderson
      Pages 145-147

  5. Multiculturalism Critical Autoethnography

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. An Invisible Immigrant Made Visible

      • Pamela C. Smart-Smith
      Pages 151-161

    3. Never Forget Class Struggle

      • Rong Chang
      Pages 163-172

    4. Decolonization of the Self

      • Dyanis Popova
      Pages 173-185

    5. Culture Shock

      • M. M. Rose-Mccully
      Pages 187-201

    6. A Reflective Journey Through the Experience of an Au Pair

      • María de la Luz Luévano-Martínez
      Pages 203-217
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This book presents the collaborative work of two professors, one in Mexico and the other in the United States, and their respective students, participants in a Ph.D. course called “Critical Autoethnography.” The chapters emerged from virtual conversations as doctoral students and professors examined the intersections between critical pedagogy and autoethnography. They problematized the cultural and theoretical intersections between the participants in both countries, questioning whether their differences were causes or results of power and privilege. They used dialogue as inquiry to interrogate the theoretical perspectives that framed their prior experiences. They realized that these perspectives reflected their cultures, and that although they often intersected, they diverged at times. The fluidity of the learning experience shaped the chapters that form the book sections, including the theory and the praxis, or exemplars, of performing critical autoethnography. Each author explores personal experiences or events through the lens of critical pedagogy, underscoring the problematization of the cultural and societal context that shaped their actions, in particular as they performed in racial, ethnic, and religious settings that reflected power and privilege. The two professors served as editors and authors, as they engaged in constant iterative peer review and dialogue. Both the Mexican and the United States perspectives are reflected throughout the book, and it is this global perspective that separates this book from others that deal with similar topics.




Editors and Affiliations

  • Virginia Tech, USA

    Gresilda A. Tilley-Lubbs

  • Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico

    Silvia Bénard Calva

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