The Death of Luigi Trastulli and Other Stories: Form and Meaning in Oral History

The Death of Luigi Trastulli and Other Stories: Form and Meaning in Oral History
ISBN-10
1438416334
ISBN-13
9781438416335
Category
Social Science
Pages
682
Language
English
Published
2010-03-30
Publisher
SUNY Press
Author
Alessandro Portelli

Description

Portelli offers a new and challenging approach to oral history, with an interdisciplinary and multicultural perspective. Examining cultural conflict and communication between social groups and classes in industrial societies, he identifies the way individuals strive to create memories in order to make sense of their lives, and evaluates the impact of the fieldwork experience on the consciousness of the researcher. By recovering the value of the story-telling experience, Portelli’s work makes delightful reading for the specialist and non-specialist alike. Alessandro Portelli is Professor of American Literature at the University of Rome “La Sapienza.”

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