Critical Approaches to Life Writing Methods in Qualitative Research

Critical Approaches to Life Writing Methods in Qualitative Research gives researchers and students a concise and working overview of how to write biographical and autobiographical qualitative research. Tracing the connection between this method and critical, feminist, and postcolonial, this volume shows how to begin using critical qualitative inquiry approaches such as biography, autobiography, auto/ethnography, oral history, collective and collaborative auto/biographies.With tools to help scholars plan and accomplish their projects, this short volume is for any researcher looking to incorporate life writing into their scholarship.

Thalia M. Mulvihill is a Professor of Social Foundations and Higher Education, and an Affiliate Faculty member in the Women's?and Gender Studies Program and the Honors College. She currently serves as the Director of the Adult, Higher and Community Education Doctoral Program.

Raji Swaminathan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Community Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her research and teaching interests are in the areas of emerging methods in qualitative research, urban education, and alternative education.