In the autoethnographic "Spinach Lasagna", the narrator joins a family of southern Italians and learns that grieving is cultural.
This lighthearted essay illustrates an experience I had in Singapore while doing research for a book I was writing about spirituality.
"From dancing at New York’s Metropolitan Opera to the Cow Palace in San Francisco, every venue taught me valuable lessons."
On Emerging Liberated of the Glass Box Author’s Memo Like many others in the American South, I began my teens...
This autoethnography is the first-hand experience and exposure of imposter syndrome from a new adjunct instructor's point of view.
"I write at length about my experiences surviving rape and abuse as a Western woman in Japan. I was lucky to get out alive."
This writing is based on storytelling, common in Mexican culture.
This film explores foreign EFL teacher identity construct dialectics in contemporary China, qualified by China/West geo-political tensions.
"Have you ever crossed the desert in a circus train? I took such a detour—by choice— in 1978 when I hung up my pointe shoes to ride an elephant named Peggy."
Christine Sleeter·
All ContentAutoethnographic EssaysCelebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy's Social Fiction 2024Reflections on Method
··23 min readChristine Sleeter writes about Dr. Patricia Leavy's new genre, Sleeter's own books and her reflections on the social fiction series.
"This autoethnographic story is about mental illness, specifically bi-polar disorder."
"At friends’ homes and the inexpensive trattorias where I usually ate, there was always wine and water on the table, but often only one glass."