Body, Paper, Stage: Writing and Performing Autoethnography

by Tami Spry

Overview

Tami Spry provides a methodological introduction to the budding field of performative autoethnography. She intertwines three necessary elements comprising the process. First one must understand the body – navigating concepts of self, culture, language, class, race, gender, and physicality. The second task is to put that body on the page, assigning words for that body’s sociocultural experiences. Finally, this merger of body and paper is lifted up to the stage, crafting a persona as a method of personal inquiry. These three stages are simultaneous and interdependent, and only in cultivating all three does performance autoethnography begin to take shape. Replete with examples and exercises, this is an important introductory work for autoethnographers and performance artists alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315432793
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/16/2016
Series:	ISSN
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Tami Spry

Table of Contents

Introduction The Textualizing Body; Chapter 1 Body; Chapter 2 Paper; Chapter 3 Paper; Chapter 4 Stage; Chapter 5 Stage; Chapter 6 Body, Paper, Stage;

Editorial Reviews

Given her commitment to self-awareness and social justice and her ability to write in an encouraging, non-intimidating way, Spry equips students with the ability to see the ways in which they, personally, can change intolerable contexts and conditions. She equips students with the ability to question, analyze, and realize the ways in which they are implicated by cultural norms. And she equips students with the ability to navigate various media—not just writing but also performing, not just the body on the stage but also the body in everyday life.”

—Tony E. Adams, Northeastern Illinois University

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