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Composing Ethnography: Alternative Forms of Qualitative Writing / Ellis, Carolyn; Bochner, Arthur P.
Tytuł
Composing Ethnography: Alternative Forms of Qualitative Writing
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Walnut Creek -- Lanham - New York - Oxford: AltaMira Press, 1996
ISBN
0761991646
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Contents 8
About the Editors 10
Preface 12
Introduction 16
Talking Over Ethnography 16
References 45
Part One. Autoethnography 51
Chapter one. Autobiology 53
Introduction 53
Love 55
Knowledge 62
Authority 71
Conclusion 76
References 79
Chapter two. A Secret Life in a Culture of Thinness Reflections on Body, Food, and Bulimia 80
An Afternoon with Cherry Garcia 80
They Lied 85
Teach Your Children Well 85
Sixty Pounds 86
Cellulite 86
Weighing In 87
The Spaghetti Feec (and Other Meals) 88
A Symbolic Purge 90
The First Time 90
Dangerous Dips 91
Help Arrives in Time … For Someone Else 93
Clicks 94
The Last Time 95
An Open Door 97
Common Bathroom 98
The Perfect Evening 99
Alternate Endings 101
My First Confession 102
Poetic Interactions 107
A Private Celebration 109
Epilogue 109
References 111
Chapter three. My Mother Is Mentally Retarded 115
References 136
Chapter four. Thrown Overboard 138
The Human Costs of Health Care Rationing 138
February 1, 1994 138
First-Person Sociology 140
December 23, 1993 141
January 1994 142
February, 1994 142
May, 1994 143
July, 1994 144
August, 1994 152
November, 1994 156
December 21,1994 156
January, 1995 156
April, 1995 157
June, 1995 159
The Consequences of Rationing 159
References 163
The Life Boat Is Fraught. Reflections on "Thrown Overboard" 167
State-of-the-Art or Experimental/Investigational Therapy? 169
Politics of Proof 170
Which Outcomes Measure Therapeutic Efficacy? 171
Notes 176
References 176
Chapter five. Collecting Ourselves at the End of the Century 179
The Ethnographic Impulse: Looking Outward and the Desire for Place and Identity 181
The Autobiographical Impulse: Looking Inward for a View of Culture 190
(Re)Collecting Ourselves Near the End of the Road 195
Notes 203
References 203
Part Two. Sociopoetics 206
Chapter six. Reconstructing Apsaras from Memory Six Thoughts 208
I 208
II 208
III 208
IV 209
V 209
VI 212
Notes 212
Chapter seven. Kaleidoscope 213
The Same and Different 213
Kaleidoscope 214
Return of/to the Body 231
I Am Because We Are 232
"Africans Are the Same" 235
References 237
Chapter eight. Speech Lessons 239
Chapter nine. Maternal Connections 248
Chapter ten. An Ethnographic Act 252
The Construction of Consensual Theatre 252
Act I Scene i: A Beach Party at Night 252
Foundation Work 253
Setting and Method 254
Scripting 256
Rehearsals 260
Performances and Target Audiences 261
Heritage 262
Theoretical Basis 263
Emancipation through Vraisemblance 265
Conclusion 268
Notes 268
References 269
Part tree. Reflexive Ethnography 273
Chapter eleven. Devil, Not-Quite-White, Rootless Cosmopolitan 275
Tsuris in Latin America, the Bronx, and the USSR **1 275
One Identity 278
Rural Mexico 280
Costa Rica 285
The South Bronx 289
The USSR 293
Closing Remarks 300
Notes 304
References 307
Chapter twelve. "She Changes Everything She Touches" 310
Ethnographic Journeys of Self-Discovery **1 310
Our Reflexive Voices 310
Our Identities Prior to the Research 312
Spring Equinox Ritual Our Initial Reactions 313
Methods 314
Worldview 315
Full Moon in the Mountains (8/26-28/88) 318
Autumn Equinox (9/24/88) 319
Dark of the Moon (10/9/88) 321
Hallowmas (10/31/88) 323
The Funeral (11/25/88) 324
Yule (12/17/88) 325
Candlemas (2/1/89) 326
Spring Equinox (3/18/89) 327
Beltane (5/1/89) 328
Discussion 330
Conclusion 333
Notes 334
References 335
Chapter thirteen. Silent Voices 339
A Subversive Reading of Child Sexual Abuse 339
The Case Study 340
A Three-Person Account 342
Discussion 360
Notes 364
References 364
Chapter fourteen. Once My Father Traveled West to California 367
References 392
Name Index 394
Subject Index 410
About the Editors 10
Preface 12
Introduction 16
Talking Over Ethnography 16
References 45
Part One. Autoethnography 51
Chapter one. Autobiology 53
Introduction 53
Love 55
Knowledge 62
Authority 71
Conclusion 76
References 79
Chapter two. A Secret Life in a Culture of Thinness Reflections on Body, Food, and Bulimia 80
An Afternoon with Cherry Garcia 80
They Lied 85
Teach Your Children Well 85
Sixty Pounds 86
Cellulite 86
Weighing In 87
The Spaghetti Feec (and Other Meals) 88
A Symbolic Purge 90
The First Time 90
Dangerous Dips 91
Help Arrives in Time … For Someone Else 93
Clicks 94
The Last Time 95
An Open Door 97
Common Bathroom 98
The Perfect Evening 99
Alternate Endings 101
My First Confession 102
Poetic Interactions 107
A Private Celebration 109
Epilogue 109
References 111
Chapter three. My Mother Is Mentally Retarded 115
References 136
Chapter four. Thrown Overboard 138
The Human Costs of Health Care Rationing 138
February 1, 1994 138
First-Person Sociology 140
December 23, 1993 141
January 1994 142
February, 1994 142
May, 1994 143
July, 1994 144
August, 1994 152
November, 1994 156
December 21,1994 156
January, 1995 156
April, 1995 157
June, 1995 159
The Consequences of Rationing 159
References 163
The Life Boat Is Fraught. Reflections on "Thrown Overboard" 167
State-of-the-Art or Experimental/Investigational Therapy? 169
Politics of Proof 170
Which Outcomes Measure Therapeutic Efficacy? 171
Notes 176
References 176
Chapter five. Collecting Ourselves at the End of the Century 179
The Ethnographic Impulse: Looking Outward and the Desire for Place and Identity 181
The Autobiographical Impulse: Looking Inward for a View of Culture 190
(Re)Collecting Ourselves Near the End of the Road 195
Notes 203
References 203
Part Two. Sociopoetics 206
Chapter six. Reconstructing Apsaras from Memory Six Thoughts 208
I 208
II 208
III 208
IV 209
V 209
VI 212
Notes 212
Chapter seven. Kaleidoscope 213
The Same and Different 213
Kaleidoscope 214
Return of/to the Body 231
I Am Because We Are 232
"Africans Are the Same" 235
References 237
Chapter eight. Speech Lessons 239
Chapter nine. Maternal Connections 248
Chapter ten. An Ethnographic Act 252
The Construction of Consensual Theatre 252
Act I Scene i: A Beach Party at Night 252
Foundation Work 253
Setting and Method 254
Scripting 256
Rehearsals 260
Performances and Target Audiences 261
Heritage 262
Theoretical Basis 263
Emancipation through Vraisemblance 265
Conclusion 268
Notes 268
References 269
Part tree. Reflexive Ethnography 273
Chapter eleven. Devil, Not-Quite-White, Rootless Cosmopolitan 275
Tsuris in Latin America, the Bronx, and the USSR **1 275
One Identity 278
Rural Mexico 280
Costa Rica 285
The South Bronx 289
The USSR 293
Closing Remarks 300
Notes 304
References 307
Chapter twelve. "She Changes Everything She Touches" 310
Ethnographic Journeys of Self-Discovery **1 310
Our Reflexive Voices 310
Our Identities Prior to the Research 312
Spring Equinox Ritual Our Initial Reactions 313
Methods 314
Worldview 315
Full Moon in the Mountains (8/26-28/88) 318
Autumn Equinox (9/24/88) 319
Dark of the Moon (10/9/88) 321
Hallowmas (10/31/88) 323
The Funeral (11/25/88) 324
Yule (12/17/88) 325
Candlemas (2/1/89) 326
Spring Equinox (3/18/89) 327
Beltane (5/1/89) 328
Discussion 330
Conclusion 333
Notes 334
References 335
Chapter thirteen. Silent Voices 339
A Subversive Reading of Child Sexual Abuse 339
The Case Study 340
A Three-Person Account 342
Discussion 360
Notes 364
References 364
Chapter fourteen. Once My Father Traveled West to California 367
References 392
Name Index 394
Subject Index 410