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Explores why and how personal narratives should be used as evidence, and the methods and pitfalls of their use.



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This decade has witnessed the publication of several anthologies that focus on how to design and conduct oral history projects; introduce and illustrate new applications of oral history to geographical, historical, and social research; and discuss the application of new technologies to oral history methodology.... In this new, important corollary to these works, the authors emphasize the research opportunities available through analysis of personal narratives: 'Read carefully, these sources provide unique insights into the connections between individual life trajectories and collective forces and institutions beyond the individual.' Telling Stories belongs in every oral history collection. Summing Up: Essential.

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Telling Stories

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    A Paperback by Mary Jo Maynes, Jennifer L. Pierce, Barbara Laslett

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      Publisher Cornell University Press
      Published 7/17/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780801473920
      978-0801473920
      ISBN-10 0801473926

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Explores why and how personal narratives should be used as evidence, and the methods and pitfalls of their use.



      Trade Review

      This decade has witnessed the publication of several anthologies that focus on how to design and conduct oral history projects; introduce and illustrate new applications of oral history to geographical, historical, and social research; and discuss the application of new technologies to oral history methodology.... In this new, important corollary to these works, the authors emphasize the research opportunities available through analysis of personal narratives: 'Read carefully, these sources provide unique insights into the connections between individual life trajectories and collective forces and institutions beyond the individual.' Telling Stories belongs in every oral history collection. Summing Up: Essential.

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