Reflecting on Autoethnographic and Phenomenological Experiences: A
Caregiver's Journey is a unique critical qualitative inquiry study that
uses the author's experience as a caregiver to his wife suffering from
dementia as the basis of a critical autoethnography. It explores
components of positive caregiving that may be not only melancholic and
empirical, but also emotionally painful. The book employs multiple
approaches that include critical narrative, phenomenology,
autoethnography and experiential writing. Through a phenomenological
lens of an insider that includes self- and other-hood, marriage, career,
fatherhood, suicide, despair, triple grief, loss, caregiving, cooking,
housekeeping, advocating mind reading, and encouraging, a narrative
illustrating self-reflection on particular experiences is constructed.
These culminating experiences result in first-hand and didactical
understandings by the caregiver. Individual, personal, and subjective
interpretation of relational happenings are explored. Reflective
journaling and observations of the seasons of marital life seek to
understand if and how shared experiences transcend multiple contexts and
help the reader understand experiences of dementia. Reflecting on
Autoethnographic and Phenomenological Experiences: A Caregiver's
Journey is a volume that will be invaluable to qualitative inquiry
researchers, autoethnographers, and those readers interested in the
research of caregiving.
Perfect for courses such as: Autoethnography Advanced Qualitative
Inquiry Disability Studies Educational Research Research Philosophy
Qualitative Research/Inquiry
