Accidental Ethnography

Christopher N. Poulos is Professor and Head of the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. An ethnographer and philosopher of communication, he teaches courses in friendship and family communication, ethnography, dialogue, and film. His writing has been featured in prominent journals such as Qualitative Inquiry, International Review of Qualitative Research, Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, Communication Theory, and Storytelling, Self, Society, and in several edited books. His book, Accidental Ethnography: An Inquiry into Family Secrecy, was published by Left Coast Press, and won the 2011 Best Book Award from the National Communication Association’s Ethnography Division.

• Preface to the Classic Edition. Foreword. Preface. Overview of the Book. Acknowledgments. Chapter 1. Family Secrets. Chapter 2. Accidental Ethnography. Chapter 3. Dreaming Autoethnography. Chapter 4. Out of the Shadows. Chapter 5. Evoking Archetypal Themes in an Ethnographic Life. Chapter 6. The Storied Life and the Courage to Connect. Epilogue. References. Index.