Truth Troubles
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-25-2008
Keywords
truth, life writing, James Frey, evidence, autoethnography
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800408318316
Abstract
“truth” is an issue of public discussion, research, and everyday performance. Processes of navigating truth, however, are obscure and often unknown. In this project, the authors highlight truth(s) of written life texts. They conceive of truth as a rather than the “rhetorical device” to use for evaluating personal research and believe that demanding factual, historical truth-of-life research is faulty and problematic. By illustrating how genre, trust, memory, and confession influence truth telling, the authors hope to question and enhance truth-related conversations.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Qualitative Inquiry, v. 15, issue 1, p. 178-200
Scholar Commons Citation
Tullis Owen, Jillian A.; McRae, Chris; Adams, Tony E.; and Vitale, Alisha, "Truth Troubles" (2008). Communication Faculty Publications. 663.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/663
