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Autoethnography as feminist method : sensitising the feminist 'I'

By: Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa Business, 2017Description: 1 online resource (xii, 123 pages)ISBN:
  • 9781317236160
  • 9781315626819
  • 9781317236146
Other title:
  • Sensitising the feminist 'I'
  • Sensitizing the feminist 'I'
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • GN33.8 .E78 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: autoethnography as feminist method -- Being a "sexual pervert" in academia -- Finding my feminist voice through an illness story: "An old female body confronts a thyroid problem" -- Doing feminist autoethnography with drug-using women -- "She wrote it but look what she wrote" -- Sensitizing feminist "I."
Summary: "Autoethnography is an ideal method to study the 'feminist I'. Through personal stories, the author reflects on how feminists negotiate agency and the effect this has on one's political sensibilities. Speaking about oneself transforms into stories of political responsibility - a key issue for feminists who function as cultural mediators."--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: autoethnography as feminist method -- Being a "sexual pervert" in academia -- Finding my feminist voice through an illness story: "An old female body confronts a thyroid problem" -- Doing feminist autoethnography with drug-using women -- "She wrote it but look what she wrote" -- Sensitizing feminist "I."

"Autoethnography is an ideal method to study the 'feminist I'. Through personal stories, the author reflects on how feminists negotiate agency and the effect this has on one's political sensibilities. Speaking about oneself transforms into stories of political responsibility - a key issue for feminists who function as cultural mediators."--Provided by publisher.

Online resource; title from electronic title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed May 22, 2018).

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