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Autoethnographic ethics and rewriting the fragmented self
Author(s) -
GRANT A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01478.x
Subject(s) - autoethnography , narrative , sociology , mental health , subject (documents) , gender studies , psychoanalysis , psychology , literature , psychotherapist , art , library science , computer science
Accessible summary• This paper juxtaposes my own mental health problems with autoethnographic ethics relevant to my subject matter. • Autoethnographic ethics are treated according to their historical development in the social sciences. • It is argued that culture flows through self and vice versa.Abstract The paper begins with a summary of severe mental health difficulties I had in recent years. The narrative then turns to the crisis of representation in the social sciences which gave rise to autoethnographic ethics. Autoethnographic writing is compared and contrasted with realist writing, the former being seen to be accorded with several advantages when ‘writing the self’. It is argued that culture flows through self and vice versa, and that this is captured well in autoethnographic work. The various forms of ethics are brought to light in relation to my experiences of state acute mental health care.