Ethnography Unbound: From Theory Shock to Critical Praxis

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Stephen Gilbert Brown would like to acknowledge the work of Ralph Cintron (UIC) for providing the intellectual and theoretical spark in a presentation at CCCC (Denver 2000) that gave rise to this collection. He would also like to express his appreciation to Patricia Sullivan (University of Colorado) for underscoring the significant contribution of feminist discourse to critical ethnography. A word of thanks, as well, to Juan Guerra (University of Washington ): though unable to contribute to this collection, his concept of “nomadic consciousness” helped sharpen our perception of the fluid and shifting subject positions inhabited in critical ethnography. A word of sincere appreciation goes out to colleagues at various institutions who have supported this project: Gary Olson and Lynn Worsham (University of South Florida), Jeff Klepfer and David Marcus (University of Tampa), John Irsfeld and Jim Frey (University of Nevada, Las Vegas). Additionally, I would like to thank colleagues in the English Department at UNLV. Finally, a special word of thanks to the research librarians, and to Priscilla Finley in particular, at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for their tireless and friendly assistance with this project. Sid Dobrin would like to acknowledge and thank Steve Brown for inviting me to participate in this fascinating project. Having not been deeply entrenched in the issues of critical ethnography, working on this collection has taught me much. I would also like to thank Carla Blount for her never-ending assistance and support. Thanks to Gary Olson and Lynn Worsham for their continuing encouragement. Thanks also to Anis S. Bawarshi, Christopher J. Keller, Raul Sanchez, Joe Hardin, Christian Weisser, and Julie Drew for the many conversations that help me see my work more clearly; they are magnificent colleagues and great friends. In particular, I want to thank and acknowledge Teresa Cocks who I seem to have forgotten to thank and acknowledge in A Closer Look, so I want to be sure to acknowledge her twice in this book. I am forever indebted to Teresa and am grateful for everything she does to support my work. xi A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S We would both like to extend our special thanks to Priscilla Ross at State University of New York Press for her guidance and support of this project from its inception. Her commitment, as well as the support of the manuscript reviewers and Editorial Board is sincerely appreciated. Finally, we wish to express our gratitude to the contributors of this collection for their diligence in meeting production deadlines, for their patience in the review and revision process, and most of all for the provocative new directions of their writing research. xii Acknowledgments ...