Performative Autoethnography of Five Black American Men

In this book, Stefan Battle weaves together autoethnographic narrative and ethnographic performance material from his own life and those of four other Black men, to show the untold impact of racial trauma on these everyday lives.

List of contents

Introduction 1. An Autoethnographic Interview with Beth Hewett 2. Wishes by Black Men 3: The Audience 4. What I Wish People Knew 5. Author’s Notes

About the author

Stefan Battle is the chair and a professor at Rhode Island College School of Social Work BSW Program in Providence, Rhode Island. He was a fellow in 2021 at the Kennedy Center Playwright Intensive. As a newly founded playwright Stefan uses arts and humanities combined to create plays as scholarship to discuss the social injustices of race and racism.

Summary

In this book, Stefan Battle weaves together autoethnographic narrative and ethnographic performance material from his own life and those of four other Black men, to show the untold impact of racial trauma on these everyday lives.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Battle
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2023
• EAN: 9781032303758
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3230375-8
• No. of pages: 116
• Series: Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: men and boys, Black & Asian Studies, Gender Studies: Men, Relating to African American / Black American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General