From Being Considered At-Risk to Becoming Resilient: An Autoethnography of Abuse and Poverty Second Edition

By Rosalinda Mercado-Garza and Dr Rosalinda Mercado-Garza PhD

I have written a narrative. Autoethnography was the process by which I wrote about the abuse and impoverished conditions I experienced throughout my young life. Autoethnography was also the method by which I disclosed how I moved from being considered at-risk and became resilient. This story represents my life journey, but it can represent the life of many readers who have lived in the United States in poverty and/or have lived through physical, emotional, verbal and sexual abuse by family members or intimate others. There were several tenets of resilience utilized to identify the "state, condition and practice(s)" I put in place in order to overcome (Knight, 2007, p. 544).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1105398471
• ISBN13: 9781105398476
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"