Handbook of Oral History

Contributions by Mary Chamberlain, Pamela Dean, James E. Fogerty, Jeff Friedman, Sherna Berger Gluck, Ronald J. Grele, Charles Hardy III, Alice M. Hoffman, Howard S. Hoffman, Mary A. Larson, Elinor A. Mazé, Eva M. McMahan, Charles T. Morrissey, Kim Lacy Rogers, Rebecca Sharpless, Linda Shopes, Richard Cándida Smith, Valerie Raleigh Yow Edited by Thomas L. Charlton, Lois E. Myers, Rebecca Sharpless

Publication date:

30 March 2006

Length of book:

640 pages

Publisher

AltaMira Press

Dimensions:

236x169mm
7x9"

ISBN-13: 9780759102293

Originally intending to produce the first comprehensive scholarly reference guide to the antecedents, practices, and theory of oral history, the editors have gone even further, creating a highly readable and useful tool for scholars, students, and the general public. Covering the vast scope of this increasingly popular field, the eminent contributors discuss almost every aspect of a field that once was the province of historians but now has become increasingly democratized and available across numerous disciplines.

Chapter 1 Introduction: Looking for Vade Mecum
Part 2 I. Foundations
Chapter 3 1. The History of Oral History
Chapter 4 2. Oral History as Evidence
Part 5 II. Methodology
Chapter 6 3. Research Design and Strategies
Chapter 7 4. Legal and Ethical Issues in Oral History
Chapter 8 5. Oral History Interviews: From Inception to Closure
Chapter 9 6. Oral History and Archives: Documenting Context
Chapter 10 7. The Uneasy Page: Transcribing and Editing Oral History
Part 11 III. Theories
Chapter 12 8. Memory Theory: Personal and Social
Chapter 13 9. Aging, the Life Course, and Oral History: African American Narratives of Struggle, Social Change, and Decline
Chapter 14 10. A Conversation Analytic Approach to Oral History Interviewing
Chapter 15 11. Women's Oral History: Is It So Special?
Chapter 16 12. Narrative Theory
Part 17 IV. Applications
Chapter 18 13. Publishing Oral History: Oral Exchange and Print Culture
Chapter 19 14. Biography and Oral History
Chapter 20 15. Fractious Action: Oral History-Based Performance
Chapter 21 16. Oral History in Sound and Moving Image Documentaries

This handbook is an inspired combination of the practical and the theoretical. An essential companion for anyone interested in the multifarious, cross-disciplinary research movement that has come to be known as 'oral history.'