Abstract
This chapter explores the intersections between and among meaning-making, autoethnography, narrative identity, coherence, and trauma (not necessarily in that order). My perspective centers on the view that both method (autoethnography) and meaning-making post-trauma involve practices that are both process and product, means and end. Toward some sense of an ending, the chapter is framed by a view of our world as one where crisis is all too ordinary. In this crisis ordinary world, trauma is inevitable—a heart-broken life—unavoidable. So, trauma matters—stories matter—and finding a way forward that embraces the full spectrum of our disrupted narratives and lives becomes necessary or at least desirable.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Handbook of Autoethnography |
Editors | Tony E. Adams, Stacy Holman Jones, Carolyn Ellis |
Place of Publication | New York |
Publisher | Routledge |
Chapter | 26 |
Pages | 343-354 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Edition | 2nd |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429431760 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781138363113, 9781138363120 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2021 |