Abrams, Lynn
Oral History Theory. Routledge.
The book outlines selective interpretive models and theoretical frameworks for the interpretation of oral history practice. Includes discussions of the characteristics of oral history; the central role of the narrator; the nature of the oral history interview; the relationship between memory and oral history narrative; narrative structures; narration as performance; the production and publication of narratives. The book also contains separate chapters on oral history of trauma and the impact of digital technologies on oral history practice.