The (im)possibilities of writing the self-writing: French poststructural theory and autoethnography

Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 474-495

  Gannon, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autobiography; Autoethnography; Poststructural; Subjectivity; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649018039     PISSN: 15327086     EISSN: 1552356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532708605285734     Document Type: Article

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