
Autoethnography and the Other
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Autoethnography and the Other book
Unsettling Power through Utopian Performatives
Autoethnography and the Other
DOI link for Autoethnography and the Other
Autoethnography and the Other book
Unsettling Power through Utopian Performatives
ByTami Spry
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2016
eBook Published 31 March 2016
Pub. location New York
Imprint Routledge
Pages 222 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315545356
SubjectsArts, Communication Studies, Research Methods
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Spry, T. (2016). Autoethnography and the Other. New York: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315545356
Challenging the critique of autoethnography as overly focused on the self, Tami Spry calls for a performative autoethnography that both unsettles the "I" and represents the Other with equal commitment. Expanding on her popular book Body, Paper, Stage, Spry uses a variety of examples, literary forms, and theoretical traditions to reframe this research method as transgressive, liberatory, and decolonizing for both self and Other. Her book
- draws on her own autoethnographic work with jazz musicians, shamans, and other groups;
- outlines a utopian performative methodology to spur hope and transformation;
- provides concrete guidance on how to implement this innovative methodological approach.