Evocative autoethnography : writing lives and telling stories / Arthur P. Bochner & Carolyn Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bochner, Arthur P., author.

Ellis, Carolyn, 1950- author.

Series:

Writing lives--ethnographic narratives ; 17.

Writing lives--ethnographic narratives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Biographical methods.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--Authorship.

Physical Description:

330 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

"This comprehensive text is the first to introduce evocative autoethnography as a methodology and a way of life in the human sciences. Using numerous examples from their work and others, world-renowned scholars Arthur Bochner and Carolyn Ellis, originators of the method, emphasize how to connect intellectually and emotionally to the lives of readers throughout the challenging process of representing lived experiences. Written as the story of a fictional workshop, based on many similar sessions led by the authors, it incorporates group discussions, common questions, and workshop handouts. The book -describes the history, development, and purposes of evocative storytelling; -provides detailed instruction on becoming a story-writer and living a writing life; -examines fundamental ethical issues, dilemmas, and responsibilities; -illustrates ways ethnography intersects with autoethnography; -calls attention to how truth and memory figure into the works and lives of evocative autoethnographers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Origins and History

Session 1 Coming to Autoethnography 15

Session 2 The Rise of Autoethnography 43

Part 2 Composing Evocative Stories

Session 3 Crafting Evocative Autoethnography 75

Session 4 Thinking with "Maternal Connections" 121

Part 3 Ethical Dilemmas and Ethnographic Choices

Session 5 Ethical Challenges 137

Session 6 Ethnographic Alternatives 163

Part 4 Narrative Truth: Meanings in Motion

Session 7 Thinking with "Bird on the Wire" 217

Session 8 Reflecting on Truth and Memory Work 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781629582146

162958214X

9781629582153

1629582158

OCLC:

928613355