Leaning: A Poetics of Personal Relations by Ronald J. Pelias (English) Paperback

Description: Leaning by Ronald J. Pelias Explore with Ronald Pelias the physical space between people, and learn the metaphorical importance of leaning, in this personal, performative narrative about relationships. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher 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. Author Biography Ronald J. Pelias is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Speech Communications at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He is the author of numerous books on performance studies and performance methodologies, including most recently Performance Studies: The Interpretation of Aesthetic Texts (St. Martins Press, 1992), Writing Performance: Poeticizing the Researchers Body (Southern Illinois University Press, 1999), and A Methodology of the Heart: Evoking Academic and Daily Life (AltaMira, 2004). In 2000, he received the Lilla A. Heston Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Interpretation and Performance Studies and the Distinguished Service Award, both from the National Communication Association. Table of Contents Part 1 Languaging Relationships; Chapter 1 Some Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Claims for Communication; Chapter 2 Relational Language; Chapter 3 Struggling for Speech; Chapter 4 Relational Associations; Chapter 5 Stephen Dunn and the Poetics of Living; Part II Listening to Myself and Others; Chapter 6 Self-Portrait; Chapter 7 Reading Barthes as a Lover; Chapter 8 Walking and Writing With Laurel Richardson; Chapter 9 Three Tales of Understanding; Part III Watching Men; Chapter 10 Making My Masculine Body Behave; Chapter 11 Jarheads, Girly Men, and the Pleasures of Violence; Chapter 12 A Personal History of Lust on Bourbon Street; Part IV Holding Friends and Lovers; Chapter 13 The Pull and Push of Friendship; Chapter 14 Evidence of Love; Chapter 15 Relational Development and Deterioration; Chapter 16 Holding Mimi; Part V Carrying Family; Chapter 17 Family Lessons; Chapter 18 Stories We Do and Do Not Tell; Chapter 19 Remains; Chapter 20 Loss; Review "Pelias uses autoethnography, poetic inquiry, performative writing, and personal narrative to describe how bodies move--lean--together, placing themselves "in relationship to other bodies"...he encourages us to listen and be mindful of our relational ties, to understand the "fragility of connection," and to never give up trying to figure out what and who matters."--Tony E. Adams, Northeastern Illinois University"Reading Ron Peliass autoethnographic poems, stories, and essays, I feel as though I have been invited to sit down on a comfortable couch, by a crackling fire, wine in hand, with a good friend. Ron takes me into his confidences as he tells about his life and relationships, those hes been in as well as those he has observed. I become aware of presence and absence. I feel the touch of a hand, see a side glance, hear a word spoken, or not, the silences both calming and deadly. I lean in, listen, sense, and tell back my stories. You too will recognize yourself in Rons stories and poems as you confront the power of languaging, the complexities of communicating, the expectations of masculinity, the care and danger in holding and letting go of friends, lovers, and family members. You will feel connected, held, leaned into, as though Ron is writing to and about you--your passions, frustrations, victories in relating; to and about you--disappointing others, getting along, leaning in, and trying to learn how to love and accept the love of others." - Carolyn Ellis, University of South Florida Review Quote "Reading Ron Peliass autoethnographic poems, stories, and essays, I feel as though I have been invited to sit down on a comfortable couch, by a crackling fire, wine in hand, with a good friend. Details ISBN1598746413 Author Ronald J. Pelias Publisher Left Coast Press Inc Year 2011 ISBN-10 1598746413 ISBN-13 9781598746419 Format Paperback Imprint Left Coast Press Inc Place of Publication Walnut Creek Country of Publication United States DEWEY 302 Short Title LEANING Language English Media Book Residence US Pages 239 Subtitle A Poetics of Personal Relations Series Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives Publication Date 2011-03-01 UK Release Date 2011-03-01 AU Release Date 2011-03-01 NZ Release Date 2011-03-01 US Release Date 2011-03-01 Alternative 9781598746402 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:36249148;

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