Revision: Autoethnographic Reflections on Life and WorkCarolyn Ellis is the leading writer in the move toward personal, autobiographical writing as a strategy for academic research. In addition to her landmark books Final Negotiations and The Ethnographic I, she has authored numerous stories that demonstrate the emotional power and academic value of autoethnography. This volume collects a dozen of Ellis's stories--about the loss of her husband, brother and mother; of growing up in small town Virginia; about the work of the ethnographer; about emotionally charged life issues such as abortion, caregiving, and love. Atop these captivating stories, she adds the component of meta-autoethography--a layering of new interpretations, reflections, and vignettes to her older work. An important new work for qualitative researchers and a student-friendly text for courses. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Growing Up in a Rural Community Getting an Education | 19 |
Talking Across Fences Race Matters | 35 |
Copyright | |
11 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abortion abuse adapted from Ellis African American Alice ALTER EGO autoethnography baby Black Bobby Bochner brother Carolyn chapter continue culture Denzin dying emotions ethical ethnography eyes father feel feeling rules felt Final Negotiations Fishneck friends Gene Gene's Grady grief hand happened hear hope interaction introspection La-Z-Boy lisp lived experience look loss Luray Luray High School Mapleton meaning memory Meta-Autoethnography minor bodily stigmas Mnemosyne mother mountain move narrative National Communication Association never nods okay pain parents Pelias Penny plane Press Qualitative Inquiry qualitative research questions readers relational ethics relationship remember response Rex's death riences sense social science sociology sometimes speak story sure talk Tampa tell things thought Thousand Oaks turn understand voice walk Walnut Creek watch women wonder writing wrote