Autoethnography As Feminist Method - Sensitising the 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.

List of contents

Introduction: Autoethnography as feminist method
1. Being a 'Sexual Pervert' in Academia
2. Finding my Feminist Voice Through an Illness Story: 'An Old Female Body Confronts a Thyroid Problem'
3. Doing Feminist Autoethnography with Drug Using Women
4. "She Wrote it but Look What She Wrote"
5. Sensitizing the Feminist ‘I’

About the author

Professor Elizabeth Ettorre is an internationally known feminist sociologist. She has written in the areas of substance misuse, genetics, reproduction and autoethnography. Currently, she is Emerita Professor of Sociology, University of Liverpool, Honorary Professor, Aarhuus University, Denmark and University of Plymouth, UK and Docent in Sociology, University of Helsinki and Åbo Akademi University.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Ettorre, Elizabeth (University of Liverpool Ettorre, Ettorre Elizabeth
• Assisted by: Sahra (University College London Gibbon (Editor), Stephen (Cornell University Hilgartner (Editor), Janelle (University of Cambridge Lamoreaux (Editor), Barbara (Kings College London Prainsack (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2016
• EAN: 9781138647886
• ISBN: 978-1-138-64788-6
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Routledge International Handbooks; Routledge International Handbooks
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Feminism & feminist theory, Society and culture: general, Feminism and feminist theory