Handbook of oral history / edited by Thomas L. Charlton, Lois E. Myers, and Rebecca Sharpless ; with the assistance of Leslie Roy Ballard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Charlton, Thomas L. (Thomas Lee)

Myers, Lois E., 1946-

Sharpless, Rebecca.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oral history.

Physical Description:

xi, 625 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Altamira Press, [2006]

Summary:

In recent decades, oral history has matured into an established field of critical importance to historians and social scientists alike. Handbook of Oral History captures the current state-of-the-art, identifies major strands of intellectual development, and predicts key directions for future growth in theory, research, and application. Compiled from provocative essays by the field's most prominent members, this book is an essential manual for both newcomers and veteran researchers.

Contents:

The history of oral history / Rebecca Sharpless

Oral history as evidence / Ronald J. Grele

Research design and strategies / Mary A. Larson

Legal and ethical issues in oral history / Linda Shopes

Oral history interviews : from inception to closure / Charles T. Morrissey

Oral history and archives : documenting context / James E. Fogerty

The uneasy page : transcribing and editing oral history / Elinor A. Maz'

Memory theory : personal and social / Alice M. Hoffman and Howard S. Hoffman

Aging, the life course, and oral history : African American narratives of struggle, social change, and decline / Kim Lacy Rogers

A conversation analytic approach to oral history interviewing / Eva M. McMahan

Women's oral history : is it so special? / Sherna Berger Gluck

Narrative theory / Mary Chamberlain

Publishing oral history : oral exchange and print culture / Richard Cándida Smith

Biography and oral history / Valerie Raleigh Yow

Fractious action : oral history-based performance / Jeff Friedman

Oral history in sound and moving image documentaries / Charles Hardy III and Pamela Dean.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-606) and index.

ISBN:

0759102295

OCLC:

61458272