In this article, the author discusses the pleated text Fields of Play: Constructing an Academic Life, a book that enfolds traditional and experimental papers within "writ ing-stories" about the contexts in which she wrote the papers. The author focuses on three examples about disciplines and academic departments, and concludes with commentary on the consequences to the self of enacting feminist-poststructuralist writing practices.
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Mykhalovsky, E. (1996). Reconsidering Table Talk: Critical thoughts on the relationship between sociology, autobiography, and self-indulgence. Qualitative Sociology, 19(1), 131-151.
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Richardson, L. (1997). Fields of play: Constructing an academic life. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
