ABSTRACT
Ronald J Pelias explores leaning as a metaphor for analyzing interpersonal interaction. Bodies leaning toward one another are engaged, developing the potential for long-lasting, meaningful relationships. But this ideal is not often realized. Pelias makes use of a wide variety of tools such as personal narrative, autoethnography, poetic inquiry and performative writing in his exploration of the physical space of relationships. This deeply personal work is essential for scholars and students of qualitative research and autoethnography.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |44 pages
Languaging Relationships
chapter |4 pages
Some Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Claims for Communication
chapter |6 pages
Struggling for Speech
chapter |12 pages
Relational Associations
chapter |6 pages
Stephen Dunn and the Poetics of Living
part |43 pages
Listening to Myself and Others
part |42 pages
Watching Men
chapter |11 pages
Making My Masculine Body Behave
chapter |16 pages
Jarheads, Girly Men, and the Pleasures of Violence
chapter |13 pages
A Personal History of Lust on Bourbon Street
part |37 pages
Holding Friends and Lovers
chapter |9 pages
The Pull and Push of Friendship
chapter |9 pages
Evidence of Love
chapter |3 pages
Holding Mimi
part |42 pages
Carrying Family