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

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

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Publisher: 
Lanham, MD : Altamira Press, c2006.
Description: 
xi, 625 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Other Authors: 
Charlton, Thomas L. (Thomas Lee)
Myers, Lois E., 1946-
Sharpless, Rebecca.
Ballard, Leslie Roy.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Bib ID: 
130146
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
D16.14.H36 2006z
Notes: 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 563-606) and index.
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Contents: 
Looking for a vade mecum / Thomas L. Charlton --
I: Foundations --
The history of oral history / Rebecca Sharpless --
Oral history as evidence / Ronald J. Grele --
II: Methodology --
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. Mazé --
III: Theories --
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 --
IV: Applications --
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.
ISBN: 
0759102295 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780759102293 (cloth : alk. paper)