Oral history books

This original and radical book challenges dominant parameters of literacy by comparing the oral tradition of the...  Read More >>

This original and radical book challenges dominant parameters of literacy by comparing the oral tradition of the...  Read More >>

This is an excellent guide to conducting oral history research. Ruth Martin defines oral history and introduces...  Read More >>

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Like countless Australian townships, Charlie's home town exists more vividly in the memories of long-time residents...  Read More >>

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This text shows how the shamans, during their night-long performances, create the worlds of words in which shamans...  Read More >>

This book applies the methods and theories of cognitive psychology to the study of oral traditions. Rubin elaborates...  Read More >>

In 1973, armed forces launched an attack against the Chilean presidential palace and Santiago's slums. This is a...  Read More >>

The focus of this book is on the role of narrative analysis in the social sciences and in increasing our understanding...  Read More >>

These folklores were recorded and translated in 1961 to preserve the lore of the 17 elder Oklahoma Cherokees. They...  Read More >>

Essays and tales about cowboy life based on personal experience, folklore and history. Cowboys famous and obscure,...  Read More >>

In riveting first-person accounts, twenty-three adult survivors share the memories many had long supressed--how...  Read More >>

This volume presents in translation and transcription the oral text of narratives about and poems by Šlēwīḥ, one...  Read More >>

This translation of one of the most endearing documents of the 20th century captures Anne's youthful spirit and...  Read More >>

A remarkable collection of transcribed oral histories of members of Dakota, Lakota, Winnebago, and other communities....  Read More >>

Migration and Identity concerns the shaping of identity using the theme of migration, revealing how migration acts...  Read More >>

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"These are the autobiographical tales of George Hewins (the ""Dillen""), a Warwickshire labourer of the era before...  Read More >>

This volume addresses the possibilities and constraints inherent in oral history interviewing. The essays represent...  Read More >>

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In the spring of 1935, at Snaketown, Arizona, two Pima Indians recounted and translated their entire traditional...  Read More >>

""A major historical document, this book contains interviews with more than 150 Germans who witnessed, participated...  Read More >>

A considerable corpus of family papers within the Eldon House and prominent among these papers is a collection of...  Read More >>

These 52 narratives feature the tales of three 19th-century Ojibwa storytellers - Charles and Charlotte Kawbawgam...  Read More >>