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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457306203321

Autore

Poulos Christopher N.

Titolo

Accidental ethnography : an inquiry into family secrecy / / hristopher N. Poulos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-43552-7

1-315-43553-5

1-59874-715-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Writing lives--ethnographic narratives

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Ethnology - Authorship

Ethnology - Biographical methods

Dysfunctional families

Secrecy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2009 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Family secrets -- Accidental ethnography -- Dreaming autoethnography -- Out of the shadows -- Evoking archetypal themes in an ethnographic life -- The storied life and the courage to connect.

Sommario/riassunto

Each family has its secrets, ones that shape family communication and relationships in a way generally unknown to the outsider and often the family itself. Autoethnographers, students of these relationships, confront many silences in their attempts to understand these social worlds. It is often the accidental slip, the spontaneous discussion, the offhanded comment that opens this terrain of secrets to the conscientious storyteller. Accidental Ethnography delves into this shadowy world of pain and loss in the hopes of finding productive, ethical avenues for transforming the secret lives of families into powerful narratives of hope. It merges autoethnographic method with the therapeutic power of storytelling to heal family wounds. Poulos’s lyrical text will appeal to those in ethnography, interpersonal communication, and family relationships alike.