Autoethnography as a Never-Ending Story: A Review of Guyana Diaries: Women’s Lives across Difference

Authors

Laurie L. Charles, University of MassachusettsFollow

Abstract

The proliferation of autoethnographies offers scholars and writers multiple opportunities to consider the various methods of authorial positioning in qualitative research inquiry. In this article, I review Guyana Diaries: Women's Lives across Difference, by Kimberly D. Nettles, while reflecting my own choices as an autoethnographic author. Autoethnographic writing is presented as a 'never-ending story,' which may have lasting, transformative effects on those who produce it

Keywords

Autoethnography, Representation of Self and Other, Identity, Authorial Positioning, Arts-Based Inquiry

Author Bio(s)

Dr. Laurie L. Charlés is Co-Editor for The Qualitative Report and The Weekly Qualitative Report at Nova Southeastern University. An Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, she is a family therapist and consultant with refugee resettlement agencies in the U.S. She can be contacted at 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125; Telephone 617-287-7698; E-mail: lauriecharles@hotmail.com.

Publication Date

11-17-2008

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2008.2812

Recommended APA Citation

Charles, L. L. (2008). Autoethnography as a Never-Ending Story: A Review of Guyana Diaries: Women’s Lives across Difference. The Qualitative Report, 13(3), 35-38. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2008.2812

Comments

Original volume and issue number from The Qualitative Weekly, an offshoot publication of The Qualitative Report which has been folded into the primary journal: Volume 1, Issue 7