Contemporary British autoethnography / / edited by Nigel P. Short, Lydia Turner, Alec Grant.

• Superior document: Studies in Professional Life and Work ; volume 9
• TeilnehmendeR: Short, Nigel P.; Turner, Lydia.; Grant, Alec.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers,, [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed. 2013.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in professional life and work ; v. 9.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This engaging, informative book makes an exciting contribution to current discussions about the challenges and uses of contemporary autoethnography. Authors from a range of disciplines ‘show and tell’ us how they have created autoethnographies, demonstrating a rich blend of theories, ethical research practices, and performances of identities and voice, linking all of those with the socio-cultural forces that impact and shape the person. The book will be a useful resource for new and experienced researchers; academics who teach and supervise post-graduate students; and practitioners in social science who are seeking meaningful ways to conduct research. This should be required reading for all qualitative research training.

Table of Contents

""Contemporary British Autoethnography""; ""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION: STORYING LIFE AND LIVES""; ""DEFINING AUTOETHNOGRAPHY""; ""HISTORICAL ROOTS AND CONTEXTS WITHIN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH""; ""AUTOETHNOGRAPHY AND THE PERSONAL AS POLITICAL""; ""THE POLITICS OF SUBJECTIVISM""; ""FUNCTIONS""; ""VOICE""; ""INSTITUTIONAL RESISTANCE TO AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC PRACTICE""; ""RISKS OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY""; ""ORGANISATION OF THE BOOK""; ""THE CHAPTERS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""WHEN WE GOT TO THE TOP OF ELM GROVE""; ""SATURDAY MORNING 7.08 AM, 9TH NOVEMBER 2002""

""IT STARTED LIKE THIS:""""MY TELLING TALE""; ""AND IT ENDED LIKE THIS""; ""SHARING""; ""MEETING SUZANNE""; ""MOVING STORIES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""WRITING TEACHING AND SURVIVAL IN MENTAL HEALTH: A Discordant Quintet for One""; ""CONSERVING FRUIT""; ""WHO�S PLATO?""; ""THE REFLEXIVITY KOAN""; ""�IT�S TOO DIFFICULT FOR THEM�""; ""OUR ENCOUNTERS WITH MADNESS""; ""SHORT IS AN INPATIENT IN AN ACUTE WARD""; ""GRANT IS AN INPATIENT IN AN ACUTE WARD""; ""LEIGH-PHIPPARD IS AN INPATIENT IN AN ACUTE WARD""; ""THE PERFORMANCE OF TIME-SPACE""; ""SHORT IS AN INPATIENT IN AN ACUTE WARD""

""GRANT IS AN INPATIENT IN AN ACUTE WARD""""LEIGH-PHIPPARD IS AN INPATIENT IN AN ACUTE WARD""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CULTURAL CONSTRAINTS: EXPERIENCING SAME-SEX ATTRACTION IN SPORT AND DANCE""; ""THE FIRST TEAM""; ""YOU ARE FAMILY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""LEAVING THE BLOOD IN: EXPERIENCES WITH AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC DOCTORAL THESIS""; ""JUMPING IN""; ""IMPACT � SCENE 1""; ""Jess is in her early thirties""; ""WHEN REAL LIFE GETS IN THE WAY""; ""SMALL BANG""; ""THE POWER OF DRAMA IN DOCTORAL WORK""; ""IMPACT � SCENE 2""; ""MY BEAUTIFUL GIRL, MY BEAUTIFUL BOY""; ""IMPACT � SCENE 3""

""MY DARK MATERIAL""""NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR""; ""REFERENCES""; ""A TRUTH WAITING FOR A TELLING""; ""PRELUDE: VOICE""; ""MR PREDICTABLE""; ""JAMES""; ""THE COFFIN""; ""NOTE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC TALE""; ""January 2000-Hospital""; ""Thursday 6th January 2000""; ""Sunday 3rd October 2010""; ""January 2000-London. Hospital""; ""February 2000-London. Hospital""; ""March 2000""; ""Tuesday 18th January 2011""; ""Hospital""; ""6th January 2000""; ""6th January 2000""; ""June 2010""; ""7th January 2000""; ""March 2000-Hospital""

""My first breakfast in the hotel.""""CODA""; ""REFERENCES""; ""ASH WEDNESDAYS: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHY OF (NOT) COUNSELLING""; ""ONE WEDNESDAY, NOW: APPROACHING THE COUNSELLING ROOM""; ""ONE WEDNESDAY, NOW: WRITING AT MY DESK""; ""ONE WEDNESDAY, THEN: MY COUNSELLING ROOM AT THE MEDICAL CENTRE""; ""ONE WEDNESDAY, NOW: THE LIVING ROOM AT MY HOUSE""; ""ONE WEDNESDAY, THEN: MY COUNSELLING ROOM AT THE MEDICAL CENTRE""; ""ONE WEDNESDAY, NOW: THE COUNSELLING ROOM AT MY HOUSE""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""

""ASSEMBLAGE/ETHNOGRAPHY: TROUBLING CONSTRUCTIONS OF SELF IN THE PLAY OF MATERIALITY AND REPRESENTATION""