Evocative Autoethnography: Writing Lives and Telling Stories (Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives) (Volume 17)

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-- Preface: Imagine A Workshop On Evocative Autoethnography -- Part One: Origins And History -- Session One: Coming To Autoethnography -- Session Two: The Rise Of Autoethnography -- Part Two: Composing Evocative Stories -- Session Three: Crafting Evocative Autoethnography -- Session Four: Thinking With Maternal Connections -- Part Three: Ethical Dilemmas And Ethnographic Choices -- Session Five: Ethical Challenges -- Session Six: Ethnographic Alternatives -- Part Four: Narrative Truth: Meanings In Motion -- Session Seven: Thinking With Bird On The Wire -- Session Eight: Reflecting On Truth And Memory Work -- Coda: Restoring Harmony -- Appendixes. A. Maternal Connections ; B. Groaning From The Soul ; C. Bird On The Wire. Arthur P. Bochner & Carolyn Ellis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 Dedication......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Preface: Imagine a Workshop on Evocative Autoethnography......Page 10 Part One: Origins and History......Page 14 Session One: Coming to Autoethnography......Page 16 Session Two: The Rise of Autoethnography......Page 44 Part Two: Composing Evocative Stories......Page 74 Session Three: Crafting Evocative Autoethnography......Page 76 Session Four: Thinking with “Maternal Connections”......Page 122 Part Three: Ethical Dilemmas and Ethnographic Choices......Page 136 Session Five: Ethical Challenges......Page 138 Session Six: Ethnographic Alternatives......Page 164 Part Four: Narrative Truth: Meanings in Motion......Page 216 Session Seven: Thinking with “Bird on the Wire”......Page 218 Session Eight: Reflecting on Truth and Memory Work......Page 236 Coda: Restoring Harmony, by Csaba Osvath and Erica Newport......Page 258 Appendix A. Maternal Connections......Page 272 Appendix B. Groaning from the Soul......Page 276 Appendix C. Bird on the Wire......Page 282 Notes......Page 294 References......Page 296 Index......Page 316 About the Authors......Page 332 "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 readifers 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 Pt. 1. Origins and history -- pt. 2. Composing evocative stories -- pt. 3. Ethical dilemmas and ethnographic choices -- pt. 4. Narrative truth : meanings in motion