Questions of culture in autoethnography
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Stanley, P., & Vass, G. (Eds.)
(2018). Questions of culture in autoethnography. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315178738
Autoethnography allows researchers to make sense of the ‘ethno’ – the cultural – by studying their own experiences – the ‘auto’. It links the self to the cultural, allowing fo...
A Critical Auto/Ethnography of Learning Spanish: Intercultural Competence on the Gringo Trail?
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Stanley, P. (2017)
A Critical Auto/Ethnography of Learning Spanish: Intercultural Competence on the Gringo Trail?. Taylor & Francis
The premise that intercultural contact produces intercultural competence underpins much rationalization of backpacker tourism and in-country language education. However, if in...
A critical ethnography of 'Westerners' teaching English in China: Shanghaied in Shanghai
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Stanley, P. (2013)
A critical ethnography of 'Westerners' teaching English in China: Shanghaied in Shanghai. Taylor & Francis
Tens of thousands of Western ‘teachers’, many of whom would not be considered teachers elsewhere, are employed to teach English in public and private education in China. Littl...
De-Centring Western Sexualities: Central and Eastern European Perspectives
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Kulpa, R., & Mizielińska, J. (Eds.)
(2011). De-Centring Western Sexualities: Central and Eastern European Perspectives. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315576107
De-Centring Western Sexualities critically assesses the current state of knowledge about sexualities outside the framings of 'The West', by focusing on gender and sexuality wi...