Ambition Vs. Inflation in the Poetry of Jorie Graham: A Lesson for Autoperformance

Gingrich-Philbrook, Craig

doi:10.1080/10462930500052319

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“…If the conceit of the issue is that the ''home'' we identify with and the ''home'' we find in autoethnography have something in common, and I think they must, then it makes sense that the fundamental questions motivating my engagement with autoethnography would take place at a similar conjunction of oppositions. When I reflect on these motivational questions, I think about the tension between the epistemic and the aesthetic that has motivated so much of my work (Gingrich-Philbrook, 1998a, 2005a, 2005b. My view of this tension reflects my culture, which is to say the questions about knowledge and art that circulate around me, structuring and restructuring my subjectivity as but one of their local expressions.…”

Section: Striking a Match To ''Analysis'' Vs ''Evocation''mentioning

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Autoethnography in an Almond Grove

Gingrich-Philbrook¹

2016

International Review of Qualitative Research

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The author offers a deconstructive reading of the distinction between “analytic” and “evocative” autoethnography, situating it as a shibboleth that, while useful to many, is often performed in ways that resemble the homophobic “concern” about the consequences of equality. He situates this deconstruction within a larger tale about the almond grove at the edge of his grandparents’ property and a reflection on the confirmation his grandmother gave him.

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confidence: 99%