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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway , Tony E. Adams and Derek M. Bolen -- Doing Autoethnography / Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway , Tony E. Adams and Derek M Bolen -- Bitter Sweet(water) / Robin M. Boylorn -- The Consumed Self / Keith Berry -- Pleasures and Paradoxes of New Media / Kathryn Thompson -- Critical Collaborative Performance Autoethnography / Durell M. Callier , Dominique C. Hill and Hill L. Waters -- Marriage or Mirage? / John Marc Cuellar -- My Body Knows Things / Allison Upshaw -- Learning How to Be a Man the Hard Way / O. J. Duncan -- Making a Big Deal Out of Nothing / Chris Godsey -- Hit Him Again / Stephen Henry -- Going Home / Christina L. Ivey -- Lost in Hope / Dianah McGreehan -- Teaching While Lesbian / Sondra S. Briggs -- Remember Who You Belong to / Sarah Helps -- Not an Alice / Mindy Ralston -- There is No Home Like Place / David Purnell -- Learning to Care / Molly Wiant Cummins -- Academic Pimping / Igor Vinicius Lima Valentim -- A Ghostly Presence / Claire Smith -- Are You Legal? / Amy Arellano -- Secrets / Lee Murray -- The Art of Faking a Smile / Devin Collins -- Autoethnography as Object-Oriented Method / Desireé D. Rowe.