Contributions

  • Charlton, Thomas L. - Contributor
  • Myers, Lois E., 1946- - Contributor
  • Sharpless, Rebecca. - Contributor

Publication

2006 - Altamira Press, Lanham, MD, Maryland

Language

English

Word Count

156,250 words, Guess

Page Count

625 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC907/.2
  • LCCD16.14 .H36 2006

Description

Twenty academics and archivists from the U.S. and UK contribute 16 chapters to this reference work designed for students, researchers, field historians, community activists and general readers with a special interest in oral history. Offering both theoretical and practical information, the text addresses research design, ethical and legal considerations, interviewing techniques, preservation and archival issues, transcribing and editing oral history tapes, memory theory, life-stage theory, communication analysis, gender-related concepts, broad narrative theory, publishing oral history in print and other forms, creative uses of oral history as artistic outcomes or artful productions, and using oral history in sound and visual documentaries.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The handbook of oral historyAltamira Press2006-01-01

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