Intimate Aspects of Autoetnography on the Example of Sports Research Cover Image

Intymistyczny charakter autoetnografii na przykładzie badań sportowych doświadczeń
Intimate Aspects of Autoetnography on the Example of Sports Research

Author(s): Honorata Jakubowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: autoethnography; intimate literature; narrative; sport; body; experience

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to answer the question whether and, if so, to what extent autoethnography can be treated as a type of intimate literature. The article consists of three parts. The first part presents autoethnography, which combines the elements of autobiography and ethnography, as a gaining popularity research practice. The second part describes the use of autoethnography in sports and embodied experiences studies, while the third part presents the selected fragments of the personal narratives which reveal intimate nature of autoethnography. The overlook of literature leads to the conclusion that although autoethnography differs from autobiographical forms, similarly to them it situates the reader within the author/researcher’s private or even intimate world.

  • Issue Year: 9/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 37-49
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish