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Oral History Reader

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ISBN-10: 0415343038

ISBN-13: 9780415343039

Edition: 2nd 2006

Authors: Robert Perks, Alistair Thomson

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These key writings cover topics such as the problems posed by interviewing, discussions of the politics of empowerment, analytical strategies for interpreting memories, and concerns of archiving, practice, ethics and interpretation.
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Book details

List price: $48.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/25/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English

Introduction to second edition
Critical developments
Introduction
Black History, Oral History and Genealogy
The Voice of The Past: Oral History
What Makes Oral History Different
Popular Memory: Theory, Politics, Method
'Do I Like Them Too Much?': Effects of the Oral History Interview on the Interviewer and Vice-Versa
Reflections on Women's Oral History: An Exchange
Listening in the Cold: The Practice of Oral History in an Argentine Meatpacking Community
Oral History and the Digital Revolution: Toward A Post-Documentary Sensibility
Interviewing
Introduction
Interviewing an Interviewer
Learning to Listen: Interview Techniques and Analyses
Ways of Listening
Interviewing the Women of Phokeng
Issues in Cross-Cultural Interviewing: Japanese Women in England
Family Myths, Memories and Interviewing
Life History Interviews with People with Learning Disabilities
Navigating Life Review Interviews with Survivors of Trauma
Interpreting memories
Introduction
Remembering A Vietnam War Firefight: Changing Perspectives Over Time
Surviving Memory: Truth and Inaccuracy in Holocaust Testimony
Anzac Memories: Putting Popular Memory Theory into Practice in Australia
Structure and Validity in Oral Evidence
Oral History and the Study of Communities: Problems, Paradoxes, and Possibilities
Telling Tales: Oral History and the Construction of Pre-Stonewall Lesbian History
Memory-Work in Java: A Cautionary Tale
'That's Not what I Said': Interpretative Conflict in Oral Narrative Research
Evidence, Empathy and Ethics: Lessons from Oral Histories of the Klan
Making histories
Introduction
Oral History in the Archives: Its Documentary Role in the Twenty-First Century
Voice, Ear and Text: Words, Meaning, and Transcription
Reminiscence as Literacy: Intersections and Creative Moments
'What the Wind Won't Take Away': The Genesis of Nisa - The Life and Words of A! Kung Woman
Authoring in Sound: Aural History, Radio and the Digital Revolution
The Future of Oral History and Moving Images
The Exhibition that Speaks for Itself: Oral History and Museums
Linked: A Landmark in Sound, a Public walk of Art
Cyber-Teaching in the Oral History Classroom
Advocacy and empowerment
Introduction
Reminiscence and Oral History: Parallel Universes or Shared Endeavour?
Voices of Experience: Oral History in the Classroom
'We Know what the Problem is': Using video and Radio Oral History to Develop Collaborative Analysis of Homelessness
Central American Refugee Testimonies and Performed Life Histories in the Sanctuary Movement
Stolen Generations Testimony: Trauma, Historiography, and the Question of 'Truth'
The Gulag in Memory
'You Understand Again': Testimony and Post-Conflict Transition in the North of Ireland
The Sahel Oral History Project
Leprosy in India: The Intervention of Oral History
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Useful contacts
Index