An Autoethnography of Letter Writing and Relationships Through Time:
Finding Our Perfect Moon is about love letters, stories, and the
ability of words to bring people together across time and physical
space. Weaving together edited and annotated letters between a young
couple in the 1930s with interludes of autoethnographic reflection,
the book relates the author’s experiences as she has negotiated this
project over 20 years. Reading the letters is a sepia-toned window
into the very private world of two young, well-educated
Jewish-American people who lived their lives against the backdrop of
the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, and Prohibition. The author uses
reflective autoethnographic interludes to tell the story of finding
the letters and to explore the significance of letters as a
communicative genre. Adams considers the ethical implications of being
a researcher eavesdropping on private moments in others' lives, and
she explores the function of dialogue in the development of the
romantic relationship that unfolds in the letters and between the
letters and her. The author also advocates for the everyday relational
communication practices that collectively comprise life's most
important experiences. Students and researchers interested in
letter-writing, autoethnography, and relationship development will
find relevance in this book. It will also be of value to those
interested in letter collections, the ethical implications of intimate
research on people from the past who cannot offer consent, the role of
nostalgia in interpersonal communication, and anyone who thrills at a
love story told from primary documents from the past.
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Finding our Perfect Moon
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ISBN
9781000889925
Publisert
2023
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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