RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Bochner, Arthur P. YR 2012 T1 On first-person narrative scholarship: Autoethnography as acts of meaning JF Narrative Inquiry VO 22 IS 1 SP 155 OP 164 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.22.1.10boc PB John Benjamins SN 1387-6740, AB Social science writing can be construed as a form of discourse that puts meaning into motion. This article reviews the cultural conditions that inspired the burgeoning interest in autoethnography, the kinds of truth to which it aspires, and the opportunities it opens to invite readers into conversation with the possibilities of happiness in the presence of human suffering. Autoethnographies attempt to make social science something more than an end in itself., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ni.22.1.10boc