Revision
Autoethnographic Reflections on Life and Work
1st Edition
Published on 15. December 2008
Book
Hardback
396 pages
978-1-59874-039-4 (ISBN)
Description
Carolyn 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.
Reviews / Votes
"...Revision is primarily a why-to-do autoethnography book rather than a how-to-do autoethnography manual. It is a testament to the importance and value of autoethnography as a qualitative research method. Ellis examines and re-examines her 'I' in ways that 'aren't easily addressed by orthodox social science.' This book is appropriate for beginner and veteran autoethnography researchers alike, as it showcases some of the finest autoethnographic works in print."... - The Qualitative Report "...Everyone who is interested in autoethnography and ethnography, autobiography and biography, in writing and the rhythm of life should read this book. You should read this book, and feel it, and then go back to work and live it."... - Leanne Pupcheck, Southern Communication JournalMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Walnut Creek
United States
Illustrations
black & white illustrations, frontispiece
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
722 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59874-039-4 (9781598740394)
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Person
Carolyn Ellis is professor of communication and sociology in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida. She is the author of Final Negotiations (1995) and The Ethnographic I (2004) and numerous autoethnographic short stories. She is also coeditor (with Arthur Bochner) of Composing Ethnography (1996), Ethnographically Speaking (2002), and the Left Coast book series Writing Lives.
Content
One: Growing Up in a Rural Community, Getting and Education, and Finding My Place in Community Ethnography; One: Goin' to the Store, Sittin' on the Street, and Runnin' the Roads; Two: Talking Across Fences; Three: Investigating the Fisher Folk and Coping with Ethical Quagmires; Two: Becoming an Autoethnographer; Four: Reliving Final Negotiations; Five: Renegotiating Final Negotiations; Three: Surviving and Communicating Family Loss; Six: Surviving the Loss of My Brother; Seven: Rereading "There Are Survivors"; Eight: Rewriting and Re-Membering Mother; Nine: Coconstructing and Reconstructing The Constraints of Choice in Abortion; Four: Doing Autoethnography as a Social Project; Ten: Breaking Our Silences/Speaking with Others; Eleven: Learning to Be With in Personal and Collective Grief; Twelve: Connecting Autoethnographic Performance with Community Practice; Five: Reconsidering Writing Practices, Relational Ethics, and Rural Communities; Thirteen: Writing Revision and Researching Ethically; Fourteen: Returning Home and Revisioning My Story