Autoethnography as Method (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781598741230)

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.

Author: Heewon Chang
ISBN-10: 1598741233
ISBN-13: 9781598741230
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2007
Pages: 230
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.03w x 0.45d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 94
Choice 03/01/2009