ERIC Number: EJ800174
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jun
Pages: 18
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Two Autoethnographies: A Search for Understanding of Gender and Age
Klinker, JoAnn Franklin; Todd, Reese H.
Qualitative Report, v12 n2 p166-183 Jun 2007
The authors describe a project that illustrates the use of autoethnography as a research methodology to better understand their decisions to become professors. Strangers to one another, both authors discovered common motivations to make mid-life changes in opposition to cultural expectations. A review of the literature on epidemic theory, creativity, the women's movement, role change, and life stage theory offer insight into the experiences that motivated them to reject their traditional cultural roles. Both also found a shared unwillingness to accept invisibility, a common aspect of life for women over 40.
Descriptors: Females, Ethnography, Autobiographies, Social Theories, Cultural Influences, Sex Stereotypes, Sex Role, Career Change, Women Faculty, Social Influences, Personal Narratives
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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