Leaning: A Poetics of Personal Relations

ISBN-13: 9781598746419 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 239 str.

Ronald J. Pelias

Opis

Ronald J Pelias explores leaning as a metaphor for analyzing interpersonal interaction. Bodies leaning toward one another are engaged, developing the potential for long-lasting, meaningful relationships. But this ideal is not often realized. Pelias makes use of a wide variety of tools such as personal narrative, autoethnography, poetic inquiry and performative writing in his exploration of the physical space of relationships. This deeply personal work is essential for scholars and students of qualitative research and autoethnography.

Spis treści

Part 1 Languaging Relationships; Chapter 1 Some Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Claims for Communication; Chapter 2 Relational Language; Chapter 3 Struggling for Speech; Chapter 4 Relational Associations; Chapter 5 Stephen Dunn and the Poetics of Living; Part II Listening to Myself and Others; Chapter 6 Self-Portrait; Chapter 7 Reading Barthes as a Lover; Chapter 8 Walking and Writing With Laurel Richardson; Chapter 9 Three Tales of Understanding; Part III Watching Men; Chapter 10 Making My Masculine Body Behave; Chapter 11 Jarheads, Girly Men, and the Pleasures of Violence; Chapter 12 A Personal History of Lust on Bourbon Street; Part IV Holding Friends and Lovers; Chapter 13 The Pull and Push of Friendship; Chapter 14 Evidence of Love; Chapter 15 Relational Development and Deterioration; Chapter 16 Holding Mimi; Part V Carrying Family; Chapter 17 Family Lessons; Chapter 18 Stories We Do and Do Not Tell; Chapter 19 Remains; Chapter 20 Loss;

O autorze

Ronald J. Pelias