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. 
 

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