Open AccessSometimes I Am Afraid: An Autoethnography of Resistance and Compliance
Author(s) -
Paige Averett,
Danielle Soper
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2011.1060
Subject(s) - autoethnography , resistance (ecology) , qualitative research , sociology , psychology , psychoanalysis , compliance (psychology) , social psychology , gender studies , social science , ecology , biology
Utilizing a feminist autoethnographic stance and method, this article is based upon the dialogues produced by a student completing an assignment for a social work instructor. Various tensions are explored, including the role of autoethnography in both qualitative and feminist research and the role of fear in a woman's life. A critique of the role of culture in the experience of fear as well as the student's use of autoethnography to resist and accept fear is explored. The uses of autoethnography for social workers are also discussed.