Research Catalog

Title

Place, writing, and voice in oral history / edited by Shelley Trower.

Publication

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

Trower, Shelley, 1975-

Description

xii, 235 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"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 from Dartmoor and "the clay country" to the River Ouse, from London to the polar regions. Further, this collection considers how oral history interviews themselves--the sounds of voices--are recorded and listened to in particular places: on walks, in theatres, at home on the internet. In doing so, this volume highlights the importance of thinking methodically about place not only in terms of the content of interviews, but also their creation, dissemination, and reception"--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Palgrave studies in oral history

Uniform Title

Palgrave studies in oral history.

Subject

• Oral history
• Aural history
• HISTORY / Modern / General
• HISTORY / Social History
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part 1. Introduction: Oral Tradition, Literature, and Locality: 1. Romanticizing the West Country: or, hell-hounds in hard cover and pixies in print / Tim Fulford; 2. 'The romance of real life': Richard Polwhele's representation of the literary culture and language of Cornwall / Dafydd Moore; 3. Printed voices: dialect and diversity in mid-nineteenth-century Lancashire / Sue Edney -- Part 2. Introduction: Oral History and Local Environments: 4. Regional writing and oral history, from China Clay to Eden / Shelley Trower; 5. Wivenhoe landscapes remembered: from a working river to romanticized nature / Paul Thompson; 6. The Ouse Project: a case study of applied oral history / Andrew Holmes; 7. Witnesses to a changing landscape: from the circumpolar to central London / Leslie McCartney -- Part 3. Introduction: Audience and New Technologies: 8. Oral history as site-specific practice: locating the history of performance art in Wales / Heike Roms and Rebecca Edwards; 9/ The historical hearing aid: located oral history from the listener's perspective / Toby Butler; 10. Mapping memories of displacement: oral history, memoryscapes, and mobile methodologies / Steven High.

Call Number

JFE 12-2666

ISBN

• 9780230623699 (hardback)
• 0230623697 (hardback)

LCCN

2011018688

OCLC

YBP 2011018688

Title

Place, writing, and voice in oral history / edited by Shelley Trower.

Imprint

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Edition

1st ed.

Series

Palgrave studies in oral history

Palgrave studies in oral history.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Trower, Shelley, 1975-

Research Call Number

JFE 12-2666