7 Affecting accounts Autobiographical memoirs and the vulnerable researcher
Cassie Lowe
Introduction
The methodology of textual analysis has hitherto seen little attention concerning notions of vulnerability in the researcher. However, this vulnerability is a particularly prevalent consideration regarding the researcher of autobiographical writing, where an author will take time to detail their life experiences in their texts in much the same capacity as many interview participants. The point at which a researcher undertaking this approach can become vulnerable is arguably dependent on the topic of focus for the text. Many of the texts within this genre focus on traumatic and sometimes horrific experiences in ...
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