Oral History and Delinquency: The Rhetoric of Criminology

by James Bennett

Book Overview

From Henry Mayhew's classic study of Victorian slums to Studs Terkel's presentations of ordinary people in modern America, oral history has been used to call attention to social conditions. By analyzing the nature and circumstances of the production of such histories of delinquency, James Bennett argues that oral history is a rhetorical device, consciously chosen as such, and is to be understood in terms of its persuasive powers and aims. Bennett...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226042464
• ISBN13: 9780226042466
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"