Place, Writing, and Voice in Oral History

by Shelley Trower

Book Overview

Oral history provides a valuable way of understanding locality. This volume considers the importance of working closely with the specifics of place in the context of global issues including environmental concerns and new communication technologies. Developing interdisciplinary connections between oral history, literary studies, and geography, essays in this collection focus on how both oral and written narratives engage with particular places, ranging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230623697
• ISBN13: 9780230623699
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"