A need to heal: an autoethnographic bildungsroman through the shadows
dc.contributor.author | Culkin, David T. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-18T20:52:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-10-18T20:52:20Z | |
dc.date.graduationmonth | December | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2016-12-01 | en_US |
dc.date.published | 2016 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | How can an adult make meaning from and develop through experiences of mental illness, spiritual awareness, and death? The purpose of this autoethnographic bildungsroman is to explore how a male in the general population describes how life events have influenced his identity development over a period of 23 years, spanning three decades. The researcher-participant asks two primary questions: 1) How does the individual describe his adult development in terms of life events or “individual and cultural episodes” (Smith & Taylor, 2010, p. 52) related to mental illness, spiritual awareness, and death over time? and 2) How does the individual describe his possible selves in constructing a new sense of identity? Addressing these questions contributes to the literature of adult and continuing education by providing a glimpse into stories of lived experiences over time in the light of adult development. | en_US |
dc.description.advisor | Kakali Bhattacharya | en_US |
dc.description.advisor | Royce Ann Collins | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Doctor of Philosophy | en_US |
dc.description.department | Department of Educational Leadership | en_US |
dc.description.level | Doctoral | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/34454 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Kansas State University | en |
dc.subject | Autoethnography | en_US |
dc.subject | Identity development | en_US |
dc.subject | Shadows | en_US |
dc.subject | Mental illness | en_US |
dc.subject | Life events | en_US |
dc.subject | Possible selves | en_US |
dc.title | A need to heal: an autoethnographic bildungsroman through the shadows | en_US |
dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |
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