Ethnographically speaking : autoethnography, literature, and aesthetics / edited by Arthur P. Bochner and Carolyn Ellis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bochner, Arthur P.

Ellis, Carolyn, 1950-

Series:

Ethnographic alternatives book series ; v. 9.

Ethnographic alternatives book series ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Authorship--Congresses.

Ethnology.

Social sciences--Authorship--Congresses.

Social sciences.

Symbolic interactionism--Congresses.

Symbolic interactionism.

Literature and anthropology--Congresses.

Literature and anthropology.

Social sciences--Authorship.

Ethnology--Authorship.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 412 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, [2002]

Summary:

This volume presents the latest explorations of the literary turn in ethnographic work by many of the leading people in the area. Centering on autoethnography, personal narrative, ethnographic performance, and the blending of social science and the arts, the articles collected here emphasize embodiment, experiential understanding, participatory ways of knowing, sensuous engagement, and intimate encounter. Drawing from disciplines as diverse as sociology, philosophy, performance studies, communication, family therapy, and English, the authors here demonstrate the many ways in which ethnography can be effectively conducted and expressed. The editors weave narrative and conversations surrounding the conference from which these pieces emerged into a reflexive volume which includes poetry, stories, theatre, and visual media as well as critical pieces. Accessible and jargon free, this book should excite scholars and students as to the expanding possibilities for ethnographic presentation.

Contents:

Before

How Does a Conference Begin? / Arthur P. Bochner, Carolyn Ellis 1

Opening

Ethnographic Representation As Relationship / Mary M. Gergen, Kenneth J. Gergen 11

Culture Embodied: Performing Autoethnography

For Father and Son: An Ethnodrama with No Catharsis / Ronald J. Pelias 35

The Way We Were, Are, and Might Be: Torch Singing As Autoethnography / Stacy Holman Jones 44

Making a Mess and Spreading It Around: Articulation of an Approach to Research-Based Theater / Ross E. Gray, Vrenia Ivonoffski, Christina Sinding 57

Interlude: Breaking Habits and Cultivating Home / Lesa Lockford 76

Wounded Storytellers: Vulnerability, Identity, and Narrative

Stories that Conform/Stories that Transform: A Conversation in Four Parts / Douglas Flemons, Shelley Green 87

Part 1 Autoethnographies: Constraints, Openings, Ontologies, and Endings 87

My Father's Shoes: The Therapeutic Value of Narrative Reframing / Christine E. Kiesinger 95

Part 2 Autoethnography, Therapy, and the Telling of Lives 115

Erotic Mentoring: Pygmalion and Galatea at the University / Janice Hocker Rushing 122

Breathing Life into Work / Arthur P. Bochner, Janice Hocker Rushing 150

Part 3 Publish and Perish 165

Searching for Autoethnographic Credibility: Reflections from a Mom with a Notepad / Elaine Bass Jenks 170

Part 4 Healing and Connecting 187

Border Crossings: A Story of Sexual Identity Transformation / Beverley Dent 191

Rebirthing "Border Cossings" / Carolyn Ellis, Beverley Dent 201

Interlude: Autoethnography: Self-Indulgence or Something More? / Andrew C. Sparkes 209

Ethnographic Aesthetics: Artful Inquiry

Prelude "Collage" 233

The Hard Road Home: Toward a Polyphonic Narrative of the Mother-Daughter Relationship / Kathryn Church 234

Living the Hyphenated Edge: Autoethnography, Hybridity, and Aesthetics / Caroline Joan ("Kay") S. Picart 258

The Visitor: Juggling Life in the Grip of the Text / Karen Scott-Hoy 274

Interlude "If the Color Changes" (1996-1997) / Mel Bochner 295

Between Literature and Ethnography

The Griot's Many Burdens

Fiction's Many Truths / Paul Stoller 297

Beirut Letters / Laurel Richardson, Ernest Lockridge 308

Babaji and Me: Reflections on a Fictional Ethnography / Michael V. Angrosino 327

Men Kissing / Lisa M. Tillmann-Healy 336

Interlude: High Noon: A 'Fictional' Dialogue / Carolyn Ellis, Douglas Flemons 344

Closing

Between the Ride and the Story: Illness and Remoralization / Arthur W. Frank 357

Interlude: The Metaphor Is the Message / Laurel Richardson 372

After

Narrative Heat / H. L. Goodall Jr. 377

When Does a Conference End? / Carolyn Ellis, Arthur P. Bochner 388.

Notes:

Based on a conference entitled the Couch Stone Symposium, for the year 2000, held on St. Petersburg Beach in Florida.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0759101280

0759101299

OCLC:

46951276