The Oral History Review articles from January 2005

The Oral History Review archives from January 2005

Editor's introduction.
January 1, 2005... At the annual meeting of the Oral History Association in Portland last October, a plenary session devoted to an examination of the application of history and memory in Alessandro Portelli's most recent book, The Order Has Been Carried Out:...

History and Memory in the Work of Alessandro Portelli: A Conversation Among Historians about The Order Has Been Carried Out: History, Memory, and Meaning of a Nazi Massacre in Rome: introduction to the session.(SPECIAL SECTION)(Panel Discussion)
January 1, 2005... Introduction to the Session I want to welcome you to the Plenary Session on "History and Memory in the Work of Alessandro Portelli: A Conversation Among Historians about The Order Has Been Carried Out: History, Memory, and Meaning of a...

Fossilized lies: a reflection on Alessandro Portelli's The Order Has Been Carried Out.(SPECIAL SECTION)
January 1, 2005... Abstract The Order Has Been Carried Out is a sobering, probing, moving, and deeply-researched study of an "open wound" in the Italian memory. Individuals and societies need memory, but it also is part of the agony of the human condition to live...

The oral historian as memorist.(SPECIAL SECTION)
January 1, 2005... Abstract This paper explores some issues in relation to oral history and memory that emerge in Alessandro Portelli's The Order Has Been Carried Out. I examine the contemporary role of the oral historian, the relationship between the present and...

Stories and bodies: a personal reflection on Alessandro Portelli's The Order Has Been Carried Out.(Critical Essay)
January 1, 2005... Abstract Alessandro Portelli describes the murder of 335 Roman civilians by the Nazis as an "open wound" in the city's memory. Linenthal uses this image to "dig into" the wound, and comment on contested narratives and rituals connected with the...

Response to commentaries.(SPECIAL SECTION)
January 1, 2005... Thank you all. I've been truly moved and challenged and intrigued by this conversation, and I will cherish it for a long time. I have a few comments on some of the points that were raised. We talked about Fosselized lies. When my book was...

The struggle to breathe: living at life expectancy with cystic fibrosis.(Biography)
January 1, 2005... Abstract The first sizeable cohort of people living with cystic fibrosis (CF) has now reached adulthood. Gradual improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease have increased life expectancy to approximately 32 years. Members of...

Home of the Brave.(Movie Review)
January 1, 2005... HOME OF THE BRAVE. Produced by Nancy Dickenson and Paola di Florio. Directed by Paola di Floria. New York: Emerging Pictures, 2004. RUNNING TIME: 75 MINUTES. Production notes: http://www. emergingpictures.com/home_of_the_brave.htm This...

Free to Die for Their Country: The Story of the Japanese American Draft Resisters in World War II.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... FREE TO DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY: THE STORY OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN DRAFT RESISTERS IN WORLD WAR II. By Eric L. Muller. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2001. 229 pp. Hardbound $27.50; Softbound $15.00. In recent years,...

The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... THE COMANCHE CODE TALKERS OF WORLD WAR II. By William C. Meadows. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. 280 pp. Softbound, $24.95. Many people know of the Navajo code talkers of World War II; however, seventeen Comanches were also...

Blacks in the White Elite: Will the Progress Continue?(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... BLACKS IN THE WHITE ELITE: WILL THE PROGRESS CONTINUE? By Richard L. Zweigenhaft and G. William Domhoff. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003. 210 pp. Softbound, $29.95. Blacks in the White Elite continues the authors' tracking...

Violence Workers, Police Torturers and Murderers Reconstruct Brazilian Atrocities.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... VIOLENCE WORKERS, POLICE TORTURERS AND MURDERERS RECONSTRUCT BRAZILIAN ATROCITIES. By M. Huggins, M. Haritos-Fatouros, and P. Zimbardo. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.293 pp. Softbound, $21.95. Oral historians and other...

Technology and the Dream: Reflections on the Black Experience at MIT, 1941-1999.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... TECHNOLOGY AND THE DREAM: REFLECTIONS ON THE BLACK EXPERIENCE AT MIT, 1941-1999. By Clarence G. Williams. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. 1042 pp. Softbound, $22.95 with CD-ROM. Technology and The Dream: Reflections on The Black Experience...

All This Hell: U.S. Nurses Imprisoned by the Japanese.(Saipan: Oral Histories of the Pacific War)(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... ALL THIS HELL: U.S. NURSES IMPRISONED BY THE JAPANESE. By Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2000. 228 pp. Hardbound, $22.50. SAIPAN: ORAL HISTORIES OF THE PACIFIC WAR. By Bruce M....

Occupied Voices: Stories of Everyday Life from the Second Intifada.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... OCCUPIED VOICES: STORIES OF EVERYDAY LIFE FROM THE SECOND INTIFADA. By Wendy Pearlman. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books, 2003.276 pp. Softbound, $14.95. This book is a welcome addition to the personal narratives of Palestinians...

White Men Challenging Racism: 35 Personal Stories.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... WHITE MEN CHALLENGING RACISM: 35 PERSONAL STORIES. By Cooper Thompson, Emmett Schaefer, and Harry Brod. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2003. 353 pp. Hardbound, $64.95: softbound, $21.95. One of the great challenges of teaching the...

And Justice for All: An Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... AND JUSTICE FOR ALL: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN DETENTION CAMPS. By John Tateishi. Seattie and London: The University of Washington Press, 1999. 262 pp. Paperback $17.95. In this new edition of And Justice For All, John...

... So They Understand: Cultural Issues in Oral History.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... ... SO THEY UNDERSTAND: CULTURAL ISSUES IN ORAL HISTORY. By William Schneider. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2002. 198 pp. Softbound, $22.95. William Schneider's recent book, So They Understand: Cultural Issues in Oral History,...

The Star That Set: The Vermont Republican Party, 1854-1974.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... THE STAR THAT SET: THE VERMONT REPUBLICAN PARTY, 1854-1974. By Samuel B. Hand. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2002. 353 pp. Hardbound, $85.00; paper, $24.95. Sam Hand, the dean of Vermont historians, has written a detailed, sometimes complex...

Memories of "The East.".(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... MEMORIES OF "THE EAST." By Fridus Steijlen. Leiden: KITLV, 2002. 644 pp. Softbound, $25.00. When we think "Empire," the Netherlands is usually not the first country that comes to mind. However, in the seventeenth century, Dutch colonies in...

Immersed in Great Affairs: Allan Nevins and the Heroic Age of American History.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... IMMERSED IN GREAT AFFAIRS: ALLAN NEVINS AND THE HEROIC AGE OF AMERICAN HISTORY. By Gerald L. Fetner. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004.243 pp. Hardbound, $57.50: Softbound, $18.95. Allan Nevins is rightfully credited with...

Growing Up Nisei: Race, Generation, and Culture Among Japanese Americans of California, 1924-49.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... GROWING UP NISEI: RACE. GENERATION, AND CULTURE AMONG JAPANESE AMERICANS OF CALIFORNIA, 1924-49. By David K. Yoo. University of Illinois Press, 2000. 244 pp. Hardbound, $42.50; Softbound, $17.95. The Nisei--the second-generation Japanese...

Mother's Table, Father's Chair: Cultural Narratives of Basque American Women.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... MOTHER'S TABLE, FATHER'S CHAIR: CULTURAL NARRATIVES OF BASQUE AMERICAN WOMEN. By Jacqueline S. Thursby. Logan: Utah State University Press, 1999. 160 pp. Softbound, $29.95. This chronicle of Basque American women began as a series of...

Viola Martinez, California Paiute: Living in Two Worlds.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... VIOLA MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA PAIUTE: LIVING IN TWO WORLDS. By Diana Meyers Bahr. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. 202 pp. Hardbound, $29.95. When Viola Meroney Martinez and her cousins at the Sherman Institute Federal...

With All Deliberate Speed: The Life of Philip Elman, an Oral History Memoir.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED: THE LIFE OF PHILIP ELMAN, AN ORAL HISTORY MEMOIR. By Norman I. Silber. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004. 424 pp. Hardbound, $29.95. Fifty years after the Supreme Court declared segregated schools...

Sapelo Voices: Historical Anthropology and the Oral Traditions of Gullah-Geechee Communities on Sapelo Island, Georgia.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... SAPELO VOICES: HISTORICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE ORAL TRADITIONS OF GULLAH-GEECHEE COMMUNITIES ON SAPELO ISLAND, GEORGIA. By Ray Crook, Cornelia Bailey, Norma Harris, and Karen Smith. Carrollton, GA: The State University of West Georgia, 2003....