Oral Cultures Past and Present
Author | : Edwards, Viv |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Language and culture |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Edwards, Viv |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Language and culture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Edwards, Viv |
Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1991-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780631165699 |
Author | : Jan M. Vansina |
Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 1985-09-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0299102130 |
Jan Vansina’s 1961 book, Oral Tradition, was hailed internationally as a pioneering work in the field of ethno-history. Originally published in French, it was translated into English, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, and Hungarian. Reviewers were unanimous in their praise of Vansina’s success in subjecting oral traditions to intense functional analysis. Now, Vansina—with the benefit of two decades of additional thought and research—has revised his original work substantially, completely rewriting some sections and adding much new material. The result is an essentially new work, indispensable to all students and scholars of history, anthropology, folklore, and ethno-history who are concerned with the transmission and potential uses of oral material. “Those embarking on the challenging adventure of historical fieldwork with an oral community will find the book a valuable companion, filled with good practical advice. Those who already have collected bodies of oral material, or who strive to interpret and analyze that collected by others, will be forced to subject their own methodological approaches to a critical reexamination in the light of Vansina’s thoughtful and provocative insights. . . . For the second time in a quarter of a century, we are profoundly in the debt of Jan Vansina.”—Research in African Literatures “Oral Traditions as History is an essential addition to the basic literature of African history.”—American Historical Review
Author | : Jan Lindhardt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Oral tradition |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mark Turin |
Publisher | : Open Book Publishers |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1909254304 |
Thanks to ever-greater digital connectivity, interest in oral traditions has grown beyond that of researcher and research subject to include a widening pool of global users. When new publics consume, manipulate and connect with field recordings and digital cultural archives, their involvement raises important practical and ethical questions. This volume explores the political repercussions of studying marginalised languages; the role of online tools in ensuring responsible access to sensitive cultural materials; and ways of ensuring that when digital documents are created, they are not fossilised as a consequence of being archived. Fieldwork reports by linguists and anthropologists in three continents provide concrete examples of overcoming barriers -- ethical, practical and conceptual -- in digital documentation projects. Oral Literature In The Digital Age is an essential guide and handbook for ethnographers, field linguists, community activists, curators, archivists, librarians, and all who connect with indigenous communities in order to document and preserve oral traditions.
Author | : Luisa Del Giudice |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2009-11-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230101399 |
This book introduces readers to a wide range of interpretations that take oral history and folklore as the premise with a focus on Italian and Italian American culture in disciplines such as history, ethnography, memoir, art, and music.
Author | : Walter J. Ong |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2003-12-16 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1134461615 |
This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures offering a very clear account of the intellectual, literary and social effects of writing, print and electronic technology. In the course of his study, Walter J. Ong offers fascinating insights into oral genres across the globe and through time, and examines the rise of abstract philosophical and scientific thinking. He considers the impact of orality-literacy studies not only on literary criticism and theory but on our very understanding of what it is to be a human being, conscious of self and other. This is a book no reader, writer or speaker should be without.
Author | : Adam Fox |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2018-07-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1526137879 |
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. Discusses the transition from a largely oral to a fundamentally literate society in the early modern period. During this period the spoken word remained of the utmost importance but development of printing and the spread of popular literacy combined to transform the nature of communication. Examines English, Scottish and Welsh Oral culture to provide the first pan-British study of the subject. Covers several aspects of oral culture ranging from tradition, to memories of the civil war, to changing mechanics for the settling of debts. The time-span concentrates on the period 1500-1800 but includes material from outside this time frame, covering a longer chronolgical span than most other studies to show the link between early modern and modern oral and literate cultures.
Author | : Luisa Del Giudice |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : America |
ISBN | : 0230620035 |
This book introduces readers to a wide range of interpretations that take oral history and folklore as the premise with a focus on Italian and Italian American culture in disciplines such as history, ethnography, memoir, art, and music.
Author | : Paul Thompson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 505 |
Release | : 2017-02-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199335478 |
Oral history gives history back to the people in their own words. And in giving a past, it also helps them towards a future of their own making. Oral history and life stories help to create a truer picture of the past and the changing present, documenting the lives and feelings of all kinds of people, many otherwise hidden from history. It explores personal and family relationships and uncovers the secret cultures of work. It connects public and private experience, and it highlights the experiences of migrating between cultures. At the same time it can bring courage to the old, meaning to communities, and contact between generations. Sometimes it can offer a path for healing divided communities and those with traumatic memories. Without it the history and sociology of our time would be poor and narrow. In this fourth edition of his pioneering work, fully revised with Joanna Bornat, Paul Thompson challenges the accepted myths of historical scholarship. He discusses the reliability of oral evidence in comparison with other sources and considers the social context of its development. He looks at the relationship between memory, the self and identity. He traces oral history through its own past and weighs up the recent achievements of a movement which has become international, with notably strong developments in North America, Europe, Australia, Latin America, South Africa and the Far East, despite resistance from more conservative academics. This new edition combines the classic text of The Voice of the Past with many new sections, including especially the worldwide development of different forms of oral history and the parallel memory boom, as well as discussions of theory in oral history and of memory, trauma and reconciliation. It offers a deep social and historical interpretation along with succinct practical advice on designing and carrying out a project, The Voice of the Past remains an invaluable tool for anyone setting out to use oral history and life stories to construct a more authentic and balanced record of the past and the present.