Doing Autoethnography / / edited by Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway, Tony E. Adams, Derek M. Bolen.

• HerausgeberIn: Pensoneau-Conway, Sandra L.; Adams, Tony E.; Bolen, Derek M.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed. 2017.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (CCXXXIV, 10 p.)
• Notes: The chapters in this collection represent work from the five Doing Autoethnography conferences.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Doing Autoethnography /; Bitter Sweet(water) /; The Consumed Self /; Pleasures and Paradoxes of New Media /; Critical Collaborative Performance Autoethnography /; Marriage or Mirage? /; My Body Knows Things /; Learning How to Be a Man the Hard Way /; Making a Big Deal Out of Nothing /; Hit Him Again /; Going Home /; Lost in Hope /; Teaching While Lesbian /; Remember Who You Belong to /; Not an Alice /; There is No Home Like Place /; Learning to Care /; Academic Pimping /; A Ghostly Presence /; Are You Legal? /; Secrets /; The Art of Faking a Smile /; Autoethnography as Object-Oriented Method /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 946351158X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway, Tony E. Adams, Derek M. Bolen.

In 2011, Doing Autoethnography—the first conference to focus solely on autoethnographic principles and practices—was held in chilly Detroit, Michigan on the campus of Wayne State University. The conference has since occurred four additional times (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016). Across the five conferences, thousands of attendees from more than ten countries have participated in hundreds of presentations, more than a dozen workshops, and multiple keynote addresses. The chapters in this collection represent outstanding work from the five conferences. Together, authors interrogate autoethnography ethically, theoretically, relationally, and methodologically. Readers will encounter many overlapping themes: identity norms and negotiations; experiences tied to race, gender, sexuality, size, citizenship, and dis/ability; exclusion and belonging; oppression, injustice, and assault; barriers to learning/education; and living with/in complicated relationships. Some chapters provide clear resolutions; others seemingly provide none. Some authors highlight conventionally positive aspects of experience; others dwell in what might be understood as relational darkness. Some experiences will likely resonate with many readers; others will feel unique, unusual, exceptional. In its entirety, the collection will take readers on an evocative, reflexive, and insightful journey.