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1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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"Documentation, representation, presentation, and interpretation, illustrated with stories from South Africa, Alaska, and the Yukon." |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index. |
| Contents |
How stories work -- Introduction -- A career full of stories -- What's in a story -- Sorting out oral tradition and oral history -- Types of stories -- Personal narratives: shared one to another -- Gathering to tell stories: the neglected genre in oral history -- In search of the story: interviewers and their narrators -- Life histories: the constructed genre -- Issues raised by stories -- The whole truth and nothing but the truth -- Issues of REPRESENTation -- Intellectual property rights and the public: unfinished business -- The public record. |
| Summary |
Illuminated by numerous stories collected from Alaska, the Yukon, and South Africa and further enlivened by the author's accessible style and experiences as a longtime oral historian and archivist, So They Understand is a comprehensive study of the special challenges and concerns involved in documenting, representing, preserving, and interpreting oral narratives. |
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Print version record. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Oral tradition.
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Oral history.
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Tradition orale.
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Histoire orale.
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oral histories (literary works)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Oral history
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Oral tradition
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Mondelinge geschiedenis (wetenschap)
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Verhalen.
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Culturele verschillen.
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Culturele aspecten.
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| In: |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Schneider, William S., 1946- --so they understand. Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2002 0874215501 (DLC) 2002011651 (OCoLC)50253099 |
| ISBN |
0874214882 (electronic bk.) |
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9780874214888 (electronic bk.) |
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1282490478 |
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9781282490475 |
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9786612490477 |
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6612490470 |
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0874215501 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780874215502 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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AU@ 000051559204 |
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AU@ 000058146659 |
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DEBSZ 396143555 |
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GBVCP 1008648450 |
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