Epistolary Autoethnographies on Loss, Memory, and Resolution - Reflections on Black Motherhood

This book uses letter writing as a form of engaging autoethnography to address relational histories and dynamics such as race, gender, loss, memory and resolution.

List of contents

Introduction Section I: Thematic Letters to Mama Section II: Intertwining Dialogues Section III: Poetic Epistolaries Section IV: Reflecting on Reflections (and Process) Section V: How to Use this Book

About the author

Bryant Keith Alexander is a professor and dean in the College of Communication and Fine Arts at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angles, CA. He is coauthor of Still Hanging: Using Performance Texts to Deconstrict Racism and Collaborative Spirit-Writing and Performance in Everyday Black Lives.
Mary E. Weems is a poet, playwright, scholar, and author of 14 books, including Blackeyed: Plays and Monologues and five chapbooks. Weems was awarded a 2015 Cleveland Arts Prize for her full-length drama MEAT and has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is coauthor with Alexander of Still Hanging: Using Performance Texts to Deconstruct Racism and Collaborative Spirit-Writing and Performance in Everyday Black Lives. Weems may be reached at www.maryeweems.org.

Summary

This book uses letter writing as a form of engaging autoethnography to address relational histories and dynamics such as race, gender, loss, memory and resolution.

Product details

• Authors: Bryant Keith Alexander, Bryant Keith Weems Alexander, Alexander Bryant Keith, Mary E. Weems, Weems Mary E.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032912301
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3291230-1
• No. of pages: 166
• Series: International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry ICQI Foundations and Futures in Qualitative Inquiry
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Ethnic Studies, History, Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, Theatre Studies, Humanities, Regional Studies, Literary studies: general, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, The Americas, Black & Asian Studies, Research methods: general