Open AccessAutoethnography in Practice: A Book Review of British Contemporary Ethnography
Author(s) -
Jessica Nina Lester,
Zulfkar Ozdogan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1103
Subject(s) - autoethnography , subjectivity , sociology , ethnography , field (mathematics) , qualitative research , psychoanalysis , epistemology , media studies , aesthetics , gender studies , anthropology , psychology , art , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics
In this article, we consider and offer a review of the edited volume, Contemporary British Autoethnography (2013). Within this volume, the editors, Short, Turner, and Grant, bring together 15 autoethnographic representations, which address issues of subjectivity, voice, writing, knowing, and being. Each contributor offers insights located within a particular field(s), while simultaneously sharing perspectives related to the qualitative community more generally. In this paper, we provide a brief summary of each chapter and also offer several questions generated after engaging with this volume. We invite others to participate in considering how this volume may be applied to their own research and everyday lives.