In Alexander’s autoethnography, he aims to use his personal experiences to examine the way black male teachers and black students performatively interact in classroom settings. In his research, he also incorporates interviews in order to gain a broader understanding of people's experiences surrounding this topic. He tells stories of his experiences as both a black student and teacher and includes excerpts from interviews with other students and teachers. Alexander describes the intersection of critical pedagogy and autoethnography as “productive” (301). He argues that it allows for more space for voices to speak about their experience, while also acting as a platform to challenge power dynamics and social norms.
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She talks about how many black women on television have been stereotyped into roles such as the “mammy”, usually an old, motherly, black nanny for a white family, and the Jezebel, who is portrayed as lewd and promiscuous. In Boylorn’s research, autoethnography allows them to dig deep while analyzing these representations of black women. It allows one to reflect on their own experiences and critically examine them in cultural context. Boylorn states, “Autoethnographic research combines the impulses of self-consciousness with cultural awareness reflecting the larger world against personal lived experiences oftentimes blurring the lines between …show more content…
It also reminds readers that these issues and representations directly affect real people that fall into certain categories. Autoethnography can spark a larger conversation because it often has a poetic quality and it is based on real stories. It gives marginalized people voices and offers a new look into representational politics. By sharing and critically analyzing our stories, we can both resist and analyze the cultural conditions surrounding us. It also offers an opportunity for the researcher to research themselves. This is especially useful for people of color because there is a lack of adequate or accurate representation. Black women in media are often not represented often enough, or the characters portrayed fall into
Chavez writes of how autoethnography …show more content…
She talks about how many black women on television have been stereotyped into roles such as the “mammy”, usually an old, motherly, black nanny for a white family, and the Jezebel, who is portrayed as lewd and promiscuous. In Boylorn’s research, autoethnography allows them to dig deep while analyzing these representations of black women. It allows one to reflect on their own experiences and critically examine them in cultural context. Boylorn states, “Autoethnographic research combines the impulses of self-consciousness with cultural awareness reflecting the larger world against personal lived experiences oftentimes blurring the lines between …show more content…
It also reminds readers that these issues and representations directly affect real people that fall into certain categories. Autoethnography can spark a larger conversation because it often has a poetic quality and it is based on real stories. It gives marginalized people voices and offers a new look into representational politics. By sharing and critically analyzing our stories, we can both resist and analyze the cultural conditions surrounding us. It also offers an opportunity for the researcher to research themselves. This is especially useful for people of color because there is a lack of adequate or accurate representation. Black women in media are often not represented often enough, or the characters portrayed fall into