The (Im)Possibilities of Writing the Self- Writing: French Poststructural Theory and Autoethnography.
Poststructural theories problematize taken-for-granted humanist notions of the subject as capable of self-knowledge and self-articulation while simultaneously providing a rationale for incorporating the personal into research. The body, emotions, and lived experience become texts to be written and r...
| Publicado en: | Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 474 - 496 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Nov2006
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