ABSTRACT

The author makes a case for a relational autoethnographic subjectivity, where the self is contingent on the recognition of others and the self finds voice through that relation in a moment-to-moment, constantly negotiated, responsive position in the text and in the world. Autoethnography in this chapter is a fragment of a textual call and response to grief and loss, an imperfect unfinished opening of affective flows between subjects and texts.