Oral History in Biography: A Shaping Source.

Weidman, Bette S.

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ERIC Number: EJ353086

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Oral History in Biography: A Shaping Source.

Weidman, Bette S.

International Journal of Oral History, v8 n1 p41-55 Feb 1987

Examines the relationship between oral history and biography. Looks specifically at three studies of individual American Indians. Investigates the literary forms authors invented, reshaped, or adopted to bring oral narrative into biographic form. (RKM)

Descriptors: American Indian History, Biographies, Higher Education, Historiography, Oral History, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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