Solipsism, self-indulgence and circular arguments: Why autoethnography promises much more than it delivers

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Solipsism, self-indulgence and circular arguments: Why autoethnography promises much more than it delivers

The dominance of autoethnography has obscured a measured evaluation of the compatibility of autoethnographic research with its subject matter, and also of the research value of predominantly personal narratives – those stories by researchers who locate and regard themselves as the research subject a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Freeman, John
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Intellect 2013
Subjects:	ethical narration autobiography subjectivity authenticity self-narration autoethnography memoir
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16832

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