Oral History and Public Memories

Name: Oral History and Public Memories
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ISBN: 9781592131419

ISBN-10: 1592131417

ISBN-13: 9781592131419

Edition: 2008

Authors: Paula Hamilton, Linda Shopes

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What distinguishes these essays from much work in oral history is their focus not on the experience of individual narrators, but on the broader cultural meanings of oral history narratives. And what distinguishes them from other work in memory studies is their grounding in real events.

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List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 4/17/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Introduction: Building Partnerships between Oral History and Memory Studies






Introduction: Creating Heritage



Parks Canada, the Commemoration of Canada, and Northern Aboriginal Oral History




History from Above: The Use of Oral History in Shaping Collective Memory in Singapore




Mapping Memories: Oral History for Aboriginal Cultural Heritage in New South Wales, Australia




Moving beyond the Walls: The Oral History of the Ottoman Fortress Villages of Seddulbahir and Kumkale




Private Memory in a Public Space: Oral History and Museums






Introduction: Recreating Identity and Community



Imagining Communities: Memory, Loss, and Resilience in Post-Apartheid Cape Town




Contested Places in Public Memory: Reflections on Personal Testimony and Oral History in Japanese American Heritage




"Scars in the Ground": Kauri Gum Stories




Memory and Mourning: Living Oral History with Queer Latinos and Latinas in San Francisco




Interfaced Memory: Black World War II Ex-GIs' and Veterans' Reunions of the Late Twentieth Century






Introduction: Making Change



Public Memory as Arena of Contested Meanings: A Student Project on Migration




Countering Corporate Narratives from the Streets: The Cleveland Homeless Oral History Project




Public Memory, Gender, and National Identity in Postwar Kosovo: The Albanian Community




Seeing the Past, Visions of the Future: Memory Workshops with Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia



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