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    these forms of speaking known as “ethnography” and “autoethnography” through their writings. Mary Louise Pratt uses many ideas and terms in her work “Arts of the Contact Zone”.

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    cultures‚ and there are two different languages. She also introduces us with a new word "autoethnography"‚ which means the way in which subordinate peoples present themselves in ways that their dominants have represented them. Therefore‚ autoethnography is not self-representation‚ but a collaboration of mixed ideas and values form both the dominant and subordinate cultures. Pratt provides many examples of autoethnography throughout her essay‚ including two texts by Guaman Poma and her son‚ Manuel. Although

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    The Mission of an Autoethnography In Mary Louise Pratt’s essay‚ “Arts of the Contact Zone‚” we are introduced to the idea of contact zones‚ autoethnography‚ and new ways of looking at common ideas. I wanted to see some examples of what she was really talking about. After reading John Edgar Wideman’s “Our Time” we can see that Pratt’s ideas and terms are accurate because they can be applied to this reading as well as others. "Our Time" is an autoethnography because it uses diffeerent points of

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    To me‚ Pratt introduces autoethnography as a genre of resistance. Autoethnography presents a culture from the perspective of the culture as opposed to the traditional ethnographies where a member of a different culture (typically a dominant culture) immerses himself/herself in the studied culture to present

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    References: Anderson‚ L. (2006). Analytic autoethnography. Journal of Contempoary Ethnography‚ 35(4)‚ 373-395. Borko‚ H. & Livingston‚ C. (1989). Cognition and improvisation: Differences in mathematics instruction by expert and novice teachers Bruce‚ C. (2007).Questions Arising about Emergence‚ Data Collection‚ and Its Interaction with Analysis in a Grounded Theory Study Chang‚ H. (2007). Autoethnography: Raising cultural awareness of self and others. In. G. Walford (Ed

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    create self-representations intended to intervene in metropolitan modes of understanding…Such texts constitute a marginalized group’s point of entry into the dominant circuits of print culture. Essentially‚ there are two key characteristics of an autoethnography. First‚ they present a view that is contrary to the views about the subject held by others and engage in some conflict with such misrepresentations‚ creating a “contact zone. Secondly they also may incorporate the use of fused foreign and domestic

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    the king‚ with the representations that the conquerors gave them. Poma tells the king the entire story‚ how the conquerors came in and forced Poma and his people to adapt to their ways‚ sometimes inadvertently‚ and sometimes not. In addition to autoethnography‚ Pratt also describes Pomas letter with the word transculturation. Pratt describes transculturation as “processes whereby members of subordinated or marginal groups select and invent from materials transmitted by a dominant or metropolitan culture”(491)

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    Race‚ Ethnicity‚ nationality‚ and culture are the basis of ethnic studies. Race is an identity given from society based on appearances. People would see as Asian. Ethnicity is where one’s ancestor are originally from. I’m a taishanese descendant. Nationality is the country that one sides with and I’m American. Culture are the ways of being and seeing and I’m culturally Chinese. My racial identity is seen as Asian. All of my life I’ve known and considered myself as Asian. I grew up in an Asian

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    store’s sex appeal. Young and beautiful adults are ready at the door ready to greet customers (see figure 1). In order to understand the impact of Abercrombie and Fitch on the young adult population‚ semiotics‚ the media‚ research studies and autoethnography will be utilized. Nonverbal and verbal communication is also analyzed throughout this paper through visual aids and marketing tag lines. The persuasive advertising and marketing techniques used by Abercrombie and Fitch suggest the degree to which

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    League). For the first time ever‚ I was able to create a hobby out of my infatuation of animals. In Carolyn Ellis’ “Autoethnography: An Introduction‚” she defines authothnography as “writing about the personal and its relationship to culture" (Ellis‚ 2004‚ p. 37). With respect to this definition‚ I will explore my personal experiences as a JCAPL volunteer through autoethnography by both critically examining previous sociological works on volunteers ’ experiences‚ and encourage new research on this

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