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The Oral History Reader

ISBN: 9780415343039 | 0415343038
Edition: 2nd
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Publisher: Routledge
Pub. Date: 5/25/2006

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SummaryTable of Contents
The Oral History Readeris a comprehensive, international anthology of major, 'classic' articles and cutting-edge pieces on the theory, method and use of oral history. Arranged in five thematic sections, the collection details issues in the theory and practice of oral history and covers influential debates in its development over the past fifty years. This second edition has been fully updated to include the most recent articles on key issues such as: * interviewing methods and the oral history relationship * the use of testimony in truth and re... MORE
Introduction to second editionix
PART I Critical developments1(114)
Introduction
1(114)
1 Alex Haley
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BLACK HISTORY, ORAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
14(11)
2 Paul Thompson
THE VOICE OF THE PAST: ORAL HISTORY
25(7)
3 Alessandro Portelli
WHAT MAKES ORAL HISTORY DIFFERENT
32(11)
4 Popular Memory Group
POPULAR MEMORY: THEORY, POLITICS, METHOD
43(11)
5 Valerie Yow
'DO I LIKE THEM TOO MUCH?': EFFECTS OF THE ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW ON THE INTERVIEWER AND VICE-VERSA
54(19)
6 Susan H. Armitage and Sherna Berger Gluck
REFLECTIONS ON WOMEN'S ORAL HISTORY: AN EXCHANGE
73(10)
7 Daniel James
LISTENING IN THE COLD: THE PRACTICE OF ORAL HISTORY IN AN ARGENTINE MEATPACKING COMMUNITY
83(19)
8 Michael Frisch
ORAL HISTORY AND THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION: TOWARD A POST-DOCUMENTARY SENSIBILITY
102(13)
PART II Interviewing115(96)
Introduction
115(14)
9 Studs Terkel, with Tony Parker
INTERVIEWING AN INTERVIEWER
123(6)
10 Kathryn Anderson and Dana C. Jack
LEARNING TO LISTEN: INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSES
129(14)
11 Hugo Slim and Paul Thompson, with Olivia Bennett and Nigel Cross
WAYS OF LISTENING
143(12)
12 Belinda Bozzoli
INTERVIEWING THE WOMEN OF PHOKENG
155(11)
13 Susan K. Burton
ISSUES IN CROSS-CULTURAL INTERVIEWING: JAPANESE WOMEN IN ENGLAND
166(11)
14 Ruth Finnegan
FAMILY MYTHS, MEMORIES AND INTERVIEWING
177(7)
15 Jan Walmsley
LIFE HISTORY INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
184(14)
16 Mark Klempner
NAVIGATING LIFE REVIEW INTERVIEWS WITH SURVIVORS OF TRAUMA
198(13)
PART III Interpreting memories211(122)
Introduction
211(10)
17 Fred H. Allison
REMEMBERING A VIETNAM WAR FIREFIGHT: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES OVER TIME
221(9)
18 Mark Roseman
SURVIVING MEMORY: TRUTH AND INACCURACY IN HOLOCAUST TESTIMONY
230(14)
19 Alistair Thomson
ANZAC MEMORIES: PUTTING POPULAR MEMORY THEORY INTO PRACTICE IN AUSTRALIA
244(11)
20 Trevor Lummis
STRUCTURE AND VALIDITY IN ORAL EVIDENCE
255(6)
21 Linda Shopes
ORAL HISTORY AND THE STUDY OF COMMUNITIES: PROBLEMS, PARADOXES, AND POSSIBILITIES
261(10)
22 Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy
TELLING TALES: ORAL HISTORY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF PRE-STONEWALL LESBIAN HISTORY
271(12)
23 Ann Laura Stoler, with Karen Strassler
MEMORY-WORK IN JAVA: A CAUTIONARY TALE
283(27)
24 Katherine Borland
'THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID': INTERPRETATIVE CONFLICT IN ORAL NARRATIVE RESEARCH
310(12)
25 Kathleen Blee
EVIDENCE, EMPATHY AND ETHICS: LESSONS FROM ORAL HISTORIES OF THE KLAN
322(11)
PART IV Making histories333(114)
Introduction
333(10)
26 Ellen D. Swain
ORAL HISTORY IN THE ARCHIVES: ITS DOCUMENTARY ROLE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
343(19)
27 Francis Good
VOICE, EAR AND TEXT: WORDS, MEANING, AND TRANSCRIPTION
362(12)
28 Jane Mace
REMINISCENCE AS LITERACY: INTERSECTIONS AND CREATIVE MOMENTS
374(8)
29 Marjorie Shostak
'WHAT THE WIND WON'T TAKE AWAY': THE GENESIS OF NISA - THE LIFE AND WORDS OF A !KUNG WOMAN
382(11)
30 Charles Hardy III
AUTHORING IN SOUND: AURAL HISTORY, RADIO AND THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION
393(13)
31 Dan Sipe
THE FUTURE OF ORAL HISTORY AND MOVING IMAGES
406(10)
32 Anna Green
THE EXHIBITION THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF: ORAL HISTORY AND MUSEUMS
416(9)
33 Toby Butler and Graeme Miller
LINKED: A LANDMARK IN SOUND, A PUBLIC WALK OF ART
425(9)
34 Rina Benmayor
CYBER-TEACHING IN THE ORAL HISTORY CLASSROOM
434(13)
PART V Advocacy and empowerment447(113)
Introduction
447(9)
35 Joanna Bornat
REMINISCENCE AND ORAL HISTORY: PARALLEL UNIVERSES OR SHARED ENDEAVOUR?
456(18)
36 Cliff Kuhn and Marjorie L. McLellan
VOICES OF EXPERIENCE: ORAL HISTORY IN THE CLASSROOM
474(11)
37 Daniel Kerr
'WE KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS': USING VIDEO AND RADIO ORAL HISTORY TO DEVELOP COLLABORATIVE ANALYSIS OF HOMELESSNESS
485(10)
38 William Westerman
CENTRAL AMERICAN REFUGEE TESTIMONIES AND PERFORMED LIFE HISTORIES IN THE SANCTUARY MOVEMENT
495(11)
39 Rosanne Kennedy
STOLEN GENERATIONS TESTIMONY: TRAUMA, HISTORIOGRAPHY, AND THE QUESTION OF 'TRUTH'
506(15)
40 Irina Sherbakova
THE GULAG IN MEMORY
521(10)
41 Patricia Lundy and Mark McGovern
'YOU UNDERSTAND AGAIN': TESTIMONY AND POST-CONFLICT TRANSITION IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND
531(7)
42 Nigel Cross and Rhiannon Barker
THE SAHEL ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
538(11)
43 Sanjiv Kakar
LEPROSY IN INDIA: THE INTERVENTION OF ORAL HISTORY
549(11)
Select bibliography560(4)
Useful contacts564(6)
Index570


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