Place, Writing, and Voice in Oral History [electronic resource] /
Trower, S.author.
Trower, Shelley,1975-
This book demonstrates how oral history can provide a valuable way of understanding locality, which is important in light of major issues facing the world today, including global environmental concerns.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Oral Tradition, Literature, and Locality * Romanticizing the West Country: or, Hell-Hounds in Hard Cover and Pixies in Print--Tim Fulford * 'The romance of real life': Polwhele's Representation of the Literary Culture and Language of Cornwall--Dafydd Moore * Printed Voices: Dialect and Diversity in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Lancashire--Sue Edney * Oral History and Local Environments * Regional Writing and Oral History, from China Clay to Eden--Shelley Trower * Wivenhoe Landscapes Remembered: From a Working River to Romanticized Nature--Paul Thompson * The Ouse Project: A Case Study of Applied Oral History--Andrew Holmes * Witnesses to a Changing Landscape: From the Circumpolar to Central London--Leslie McCartney * Audience and New Technologies * Oral History as Site-Specific Practice: Locating the History of Performance Art in Wales--Heike Roms and Rebecca Edwards * The Historical Hearing Aid: Located Oral History from the Listener's Perspective--Toby Butler * Mapping Memories of Displacement: Oral History, Memoryscapes, and Mobile Methodologies--Steven High.
This book demonstrates how oral history can provide a valuable way of understanding locality, which is important in light of major issues facing the world today, including global environmental concerns.
World history.
Social history.
Civilization—History.
Oral history.
History, Modern.
Cultural studies.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Social History.
Cultural History.
Oral History.
Modern History.
Cultural Studies.