Norman K. Denzin feels that now is the time to take stock of reflexive performance, ethnography, and autoethnography; to evaluate where each has been and where they are going, especially as they pertain to the study of democracy and racism in postmodern America. In Performance Ethnography, one of the world's most distinguished authorities on qualitative research, established the initial published connection of performance narratives with performance ethnography and autoethnography; the linkage of these formations to critical pedagogy and critical race theory; and the histories of these formations, and shown how they may be connected. Performance Ethnography is divided into three parts. Part I covers pedagogy, ethnography, performance, and theory as the foundation for a performative social science. Part II addresses the worlds of family, nature, praxis, and action, employing a structure that is equal parts memoir, essay, short story, and literary autoethnography. Part III examines the ethics and practical politics of performance autoethnography, anchored in the post-9/11 discourse in the United States. The amalgam serves as an invitation for social scientists and ethnographers to confront the politics of cultural studies and explore the multiple ways in which performance and ethnography can be both better understood and used as mechanisms for social change and economic justice.
Norman K. Denzin is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Communications, College of Communications Scholar, and Research Professor of Communications, Sociology, and Humanities at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. One of the world's foremost authorities on qualitative research and cultural criticism, he is the author or editor of more than 30 books, including The Qualitative Manifesto; Qualitative Inquiry Under Fire; Reading Race; Interpretive Ethnography; The Cinematic Society; The Alcoholic Self; and a trilogy on the American West. He is past editor of The Sociological Quarterly, co-editor of six editions of the landmark SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, co-editor (with Michael D. Giardina) of 18 books on qualitative inquiry, co-editor (with Yvonna S. Lincoln and Michael D. Giardina) of the methods journal Qualitative Inquiry, founding editor of Cultural Studies?Critical Methodologies and International Review of Qualitative Research, editor of four book series, and founding director of the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry.
Acknowledgements Preface PART 1: PERFORMANCE ETHNOGRAPHY Chapter 1: The Call to Performance Chapter 2: The Language of Performance Chapter 3: The Cinematic Society and the Reflexive Interview Chapter 4: Toward a Performative Social Science Chapter 5: Reading and Writing Performance PART 2: PERFORMANCE TEXTS: BONE DEEP IN LANDSCAPES Chapter 6: Two-Stepping in the '90s Chapter 7: Mother and Mickey Chapter 8: Performing Montana Chapter 9: Rock Creek History Chapter 10: Cowboys and Indians Chapter 11: Redskins and Chiefs Chapter 12: Searching for Yellowstone PART 3: PEDAGOGY, POLITICS AND ETHICS Chapter 13: Critical Performance Pedagogy Chapter 14: Performance Ethics Bibliography Index About the Author - `
