Practicing Oral History with Immigrant Narrators

by Carol McKirdy

Book Overview

In addition to the problem of language, conducting oral histories with immigrant narrators often requires special considerations: past violence, cultural sensitivity, and lack of trust. Yet, these narrators are often witnesses to, or participants in, important historical events, or can describe otherwise-undocumented social phenomena. The first book to focus specifically on oral history practices with immigrant narrators, it -gives both the novice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629580031
• ISBN13: 9781629580036
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"