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This complete consultant to every level of an oral heritage interview tackles not only the practicalities of procedure, but additionally the various moral, criminal, and philosophical questions that may come up.
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12 f Chapter One Oral history reveals daily life at home and at work—the very stuff that rarely gets into any kind of public record. 28 North Carolina mill workers, talking about courtship practices during and just after World War I, described not being allowed to be alone with a sweetheart. A chaperone was always in the parlor with them—one couple sat side by side and held hands under the sofa pillow. Then a few people were able to buy cars. At first, the chaperone went along, riding in the backseat.
Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln, Turning Points in Qualitative Research (Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira, 2003). Douglas, Jack D. Investigative Social Research. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1976. This is a general guide to fieldwork research; it presents a comparison of quantitative and qualitative methods in the introduction. Although it is not focused exclusively on the in-depth interview, it offers discussion on such concerns as self-deception and biases. Glaser, Barney, and Anselm Strauss. The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research.
Perks, Robert, and Alistair Thompson, eds. The Oral History Reader. London: Routledge, 1998. ” Portelli, Alessandro. The Death of Luigi Trastulli and Other Stories: Form and Meaning in Oral History. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991. This is a collection of journal articles (several of which I have mentioned singly) that have helped to define the purposes of oral history. Thompson, Paul. The Voice of the Past: Oral History. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. This is an insightful account of the uses of oral history by a veteran interviewer.