This comprehensive text is the first to introduce evocative
autoethnography as a methodology and a way of life in the human
sciences. Using numerous examples from their work and others,
world-renowned scholars Arthur Bochner and Carolyn Ellis, originators of
the method, emphasize how to connect intellectually and emotionally to
the lives of readers throughout the challenging process of representing
lived experiences. Written as the story of a fictional workshop, based
on many similar sessions led by the authors, it incorporates group
discussions, common questions, and workshop handouts. The book:
describes the history, development, and purposes of evocative
storytelling;
provides detailed instruction on becoming a story-writer and living a
writing life;
examines fundamental ethical issues, dilemmas, and responsibilities;
illustrates ways ethnography intersects with autoethnography;
calls attention to how truth and memory figure into the works and lives
of evocative autoethnographers.