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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Trujillo, Nick, 1955- In search of Naunny's grave. Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, ©2004 (OCoLC)607170197 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Nick Trujillo |
ISBN: | 0759104999 9780759104990 0759105006 9780759105003 |
OCLC Number: | 52942887 |
Description: | x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | The family historian -- A lifetime of work, a lifetime of poverty -- Sex and the single grandma -- Serving us proudly and giving us everything -- When Naunny became a Mexican -- A frail, old woman -- One last gasp -- The search continues -- Appendix: Studying Naunny. |
Series Title: | Ethnographic alternatives book series, v. 14. |
Responsibility: | Nick Trujillo. |
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In Search of Naunny's Grave is a primer for critical introspection as a methodological perspective. In addition, the book is a great read and a catalyst for self-reflection. I dare you to read it without pausing to consider your own family stories. As the series editors Art Bochner and Carolyn Ellis note, one of the uses of this kind of writing is to allow another person's experience to inspire critical reflection of your own. And that mades Elsie Martinez Trujillo Alcaraz quite a remarkable woman after all. * Women & Language * In addition to being a fine scholarly text, the book is potentially very valuable for a variety of students and courses or course units that focus on gender, family communication, and qualitative research approaches. It serves as an excellent example of autoethnography that incorprates a variety of other research methods and writing styles. -- ?JH * Communication Research Trends * Read more...


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