In Search of Naunny's Grave: Age, Class, Gender and Ethnicity in an American Family / Edition 1

by Nick Trujillo

Overview

Trujillo (communication studies, California State U., Sacramento) explores the many meanings of his paternal grandmother's life and death, and the concept of "grandmother" in general. The text combines candid, narrative descriptions of Trujillo's experience of his grandmother, information gathered by the author during interviews of 50-plus relatives, and findings from research on the roles of grandparents. Parts of the text have been previously published in various scholarly journals and texts between 1998 and 2003. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900759105002
Publisher:	AltaMira Press
Publication date:	02/16/2004
Series:	Ethnographic Alternatives Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Nick Trujillo is professor of communication studies at California State University, Sacramento.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction	1
Chapter 1.	The Family Historian	20
Chapter 2.	A Lifetime of Work, a Lifetime of Poverty	44
Chapter 3.	Sex and the Single Grandma	70
Chapter 4.	Serving Us Proudly and Giving Us Everything	94
Chapter 5.	When Naunny Became a Mexican	113
Chapter 6.	A Frail, Old Woman	132
Chapter 7.	One Last Gasp	154
Chapter 8.	The Search Continues	173
Appendix	Studying Naunny	183
	Notes	197
	Bibliography	201
	Index	211
	About the Author	214

Editorial Reviews

In addition to being a fine scholarly text, the book is potentially very valuable for a variety of students and courses or course units that focus on gender, family communication, and qualitative research approaches. It serves as an excellent example of autoethnography that incorprates a variety of other research methods and writing styles.

Communication Research Trends - ?JH

In Search of Naunny's Grave is a primer for critical introspection as a methodological perspective. In addition, the book is a great read and a catalyst for self-reflection. I dare you to read it without pausing to consider your own family stories. As the series editors Art Bochner and Carolyn Ellis note, one of the uses of this kind of writing is to allow another person's experience to inspire critical reflection of your own. And that mades Elsie Martinez Trujillo Alcaraz quite a remarkable woman after all.

Women and Language

In addition to being a fine scholarly text, the book is potentially very valuable for a variety of students and courses or course units that focus on gender, family communication, and qualitative research approaches. It serves as an excellent example of autoethnography that incorprates a variety of other research methods and writing styles.
— ?JH

Communication Research Trends