Autoethnographic Mother-Writing: Advocating Radical Specificity

Autoethnographic Mother-Writing: Advocating Radical Specificity

In considering the similarities between "momoirs"--popular memoirs written by mothers about motherhood experiences--and evocative autoethnographic mother-writing, I argue that differentiating these two forms of intimate observation and personal narrative requires a rethinking of autoethnog...

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Main Author:	Patty Sotirin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Athabasca University Press 2010-01-01
Series:	Journal of Research Practice
Subjects:	autoethnography momoir Deleuze difference radical specificity
Online Access:	http://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/220/189

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