Leaning

A Poetics of Personal Relations

• Author(s): Ronald J Pelias,
• Publisher: Left Coast Press
• Pages: 239
• ISBN_10: 1598746413
  ISBN_13: 9781598746419
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Family & Relationships / General , Family & Relationships / Interpersonal Relations , Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics , Psychology / Interpersonal Relations , Reference / Research , Social Science / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Methodology ,

Description:... Ronald J Pelias explores leaning as a metaphor for analyzing interpersonal interaction. Bodies leaning toward one another are engaged, developing the potential for long-lasting, meaningful relationships. But this ideal is not often realized. Pelias makes use of a wide variety of tools such as personal narrative, autoethnography, poetic inquiry and performative writing in his exploration of the physical space of relationships. This deeply personal work is essential for scholars and students of qualitative research and autoethnography.