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Doing Autoethnography

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  1. Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway
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  2. Tony E. Adams
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  3. Derek M. Bolen
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  • This book could serve as a resource for new and established researchers who have an interest in autoethnography.
  • This book could be used as a primary text in undergraduate and graduate courses about autoethnographic research and personal narrative, or as a supplemental text in courses about writing and/or qualitative research. (Given the short length of the chapters, each could serve as a model for a final course project.)
  • This book will appeal to participants of the annual Doing Autoethnography Conferences, as well as people interested in, but who could not attend, the conferences.

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Doing Autoethnography

    • Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway, Tony E. Adams, Derek M. Bolen
    Pages 1-5

  3. Bitter Sweet(Water)

    • Robin M. Boylorn
    Pages 7-17

  4. The Consumed Self

    • Keith Berry
    Pages 19-27

  5. Pleasures and Paradoxes of New Media

    • Kathryn Thompson
    Pages 29-36

  6. Critical Collaborative Performance Autoethnography

    • Durell M. Callier, Dominique C. Hill, Hill L. Waters
    Pages 37-44

  7. Marriage or Mirage?

    • John Marc Cuellar
    Pages 45-53

  8. My Body Knows Things

    • Allison Upshaw
    Pages 55-65

  9. Learning How to be a Man the Hard Way

    • O. J. Duncan
    Pages 67-79

  10. Making a Big Deal out Of Nothing

    • Chris Godsey
    Pages 81-93

  11. Hit Him Again

    • Stephen Henry
    Pages 95-104

  12. Going Home

    • Christina L. Ivey
    Pages 105-113

  13. Lost in Hope

    • Dianah Mcgreehan
    Pages 115-126

  14. Teaching While Lesbian

    • Sondra S. Briggs
    Pages 127-137

  15. Remember Who You Belong To

    • Sarah Helps
    Pages 139-147

  16. Not an Alice

    • Mindy Ralston
    Pages 149-154

  17. There is No Home Like Place

    • David Purnell
    Pages 155-162

  18. Learning to Care

    • Molly Wiant Cummins
    Pages 163-171

  19. Academic Pimping

    • Igor Vinicius Lima Valentim
    Pages 173-185

  20. A Ghostly Presence

    • Claire Smith
    Pages 187-196
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About this book

In 2011, Doing Autoethnography—the first conference to focus solely on autoethnographic principles and practices—was held in chilly Detroit, Michigan on the campus of Wayne State University. The conference has since occurred four additional times (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016). Across the five conferences, thousands of attendees from more than ten countries have participated in hundreds of presentations, more than a dozen workshops, and multiple keynote addresses. The chapters in this collection represent outstanding work from the five conferences. Together, authors interrogate autoethnography ethically, theoretically, relationally, and methodologically. Readers will encounter many overlapping themes: identity norms and negotiations; experiences tied to race, gender, sexuality, size, citizenship, and dis/ability; exclusion and belonging; oppression, injustice, and assault; barriers to learning/education; and living with/in complicated relationships. Some chapters provide clear resolutions; others seemingly provide none. Some authors highlight conventionally positive aspects of experience; others dwell in what might be understood as relational darkness. Some experiences will likely resonate with many readers; others will feel unique, unusual, exceptional. In its entirety, the collection will take readers on an evocative, reflexive, and insightful journey.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Doing Autoethnography

  • Editors: Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway, Tony E. Adams, Derek M. Bolen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-158-2

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6351-158-2Published: 12 September 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: CCXXXIV, 10

  • Topics: Education, general

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