Autoethnography as Method Contributor(s): Chang, Heewon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598741225 ISBN-13: 9781598741223 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: This methods book will guide the reader through the process of conducting and producing an autoethnographic study through the understanding of self, other, and culture. Readers will be encouraged to follow hands-on, though not prescriptive, steps in data collection, analysis, and interpretation with self-reflective prewriting exercises and self-narrative writing exercises to produce their own autoethnographic work. Chang offers a variety of techniques for gathering data on the selffrom diaries to culture grams to interviews with othersand shows how to transform this information into a study that looks for the connection with others present in a diverse world. She shows how the autoethnographic process promotes self-reflection, understanding of multicultural others, qualitative inquiry, and narrative writing. Samples of published autoethnographies provide exemplars for the novice researcher to follow. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Research - Social Science | Methodology - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 305.8 |
LCCN: 2007044268 |
Series: Developing Qualitative Inquiry |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.42" W x 9.09" (0.92 lbs) 230 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This methods book will guide the reader through the process of conducting and producing an autoethnographic study through the understanding of self, other, and culture. Readers will be encouraged to follow hands-on, though not prescriptive, steps in data collection, analysis, and interpretation with self-reflective prewriting exercises and self-narrative writing exercises to produce their own autoethnographic work. Chang offers a variety of techniques for gathering data on the self--from diaries to culture grams to interviews with others--and shows how to transform this information into a study that looks for the connection with others present in a diverse world. She shows how the autoethnographic process promotes self-reflection, understanding of multicultural others, qualitative inquiry, and narrative writing. Samples of published autoethnographies provide exemplars for the novice researcher to follow. |