Autoethnography
Process, Product, and Possibility for Critical Social Research
- Sherick A. Hughes - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
- Julie L. Pennington - University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Autoethnography: Process, Product, and Possibility for Critical Social Research provides a short introduction to the methodological tools and concepts of autoethnography, combining theoretical approaches with practical “how to” information. Written for social science students, teachers, teacher educators, and educational researchers, the text shows readers how autoethnographers collect, analyze, and report data. With its grounding in critical social theory and inclusion of innovative methods, this practical resource will move the field of autoethnography forward.
“A very thorough and thoughtful introduction to and explanation of autoethnography. This text explores the historical foundations, theoretical frameworks, and future directions of autoethnography as both process and product. The book is an important and useful book to add to the qualitative researcher’s library and a great overview for those new to autoethnography.”
“This book seeks to accomplish a great service for those of us interested and working with qualitative research. The quest for a solid text on autoethnography that balances epistemological and methodological concerns is lacking, and this text addresses those gaps.”
“This text proposes activities that aim to teach self-reflexivity and explicate how to engage in autoethnographic inquiry. Such a hands-on, applied approach is key for learning this mode of inquiry.”
“Impressive in its scope, the text is intuitively sequenced, incorporates a tremendous amount of relevant information, as well as examples that leave the reader craving more.”
“The material in this book is well researched and offers a wide array of specific theories and methods with which to ground your work. It will be an excellent read for experienced researchers who would like to strengthen their background in autoethnography.”
“This exhaustively-researched text is the most comprehensive work on the subject that I have encountered.”
“This book provides not only a particularly clear overview and historical framing of the methodology; it invites readers into a meaningful and critical enactment and experience with autoethnography.”
“The diversity of autoethnography practices illustrated here is amazing…. This book has the potential to open up the concept of autoethnography in many creative and inspiring ways.”
“The authors have taken to task quite a challenge. To strategically discuss a methodology of such takes insight, preciseness, and wonder. All three things the authors seem to have in spades. We as practitioners, visionaries, scholars, and researchers have access to a text that wonderfully examines the complexities and nuances of auto-ethnography in a way that can be useful in and outside the classroom.”
“I am much more informed about autoethnography because of this text; while there was much I knew, I learned so many things reading through this book.”
Sage College Publishing
