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Meaningful Journeys is an edited collection of autoethnographies underpinned by the conceptual, philosophical, and etymological origins of journeying,' questing,' and traditional and modern understandings of pilgrimage.'

The volume contains chapters on the ways in which all these concepts intersect with identity and identity transformation. These range across narratives of sport; adventure; preferred identity; curative religion; revered location; nostalgia; grief resolution; out of suitcase' travels; and pilgrimage journeys understood in more traditional senses. The collection showcases and promotes the identity transformational quest as an important conceptual nuance of narrative autoethnography. Readers will engage with the ways in which contributing authors craft their emerging selves into preferred identities, which showcase personal and relational change in action.

This book is essential reading for students and practitioners of autoethnography and q

Meaningful Journeys

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    A Paperback by Alec Grant

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Imprint Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Published 1 December 2024
      ISBN-13 9781032484761
      978-1032484761
      ISBN-10 1032484764
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Meaningful Journeys is an edited collection of autoethnographies underpinned by the conceptual, philosophical, and etymological origins of journeying,' questing,' and traditional and modern understandings of pilgrimage.'

      The volume contains chapters on the ways in which all these concepts intersect with identity and identity transformation. These range across narratives of sport; adventure; preferred identity; curative religion; revered location; nostalgia; grief resolution; out of suitcase' travels; and pilgrimage journeys understood in more traditional senses. The collection showcases and promotes the identity transformational quest as an important conceptual nuance of narrative autoethnography. Readers will engage with the ways in which contributing authors craft their emerging selves into preferred identities, which showcase personal and relational change in action.

      This book is essential reading for students and practitioners of autoethnography and q

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