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The Ethnographic I: A Methodological Novel about Autoethnography by Carolyn Ellis

marobbins's review against another edition

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4.0

I really enjoyed this book overall, and it helped me to gain a better understanding of autoethnography and the ethical implications of this methodology. It was dialogue intensive with narrative writing, and it was a nice balance between academic discourse and the storytelling style of novels. I think parts of it could have been condensed, but overall, I got a lot out of reading it. I feel encouraged to write more autoethnographic pieces. It makes sense that I would gravitate toward a methodology that is a blend of literature, psychology, and sociology. It also does a good job of addressing some of the critiques of autoethnography. It is more introspective, but if it's done well, it helps people to think more deeply about their own introspection and themselves as related to sociocultural issues. Also, it can be therapeutic to write, as I am already finding.

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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