The Oral History Review articles from June 2005

The Oral History Review archives from June 2005

Talking about remembering and forgetfulness in oral history interviews.
June 22, 2005... Abstract In this article, the author seeks to open a discussion of explicit talk about remembering in oral history interviews. He explores ways of talking about remembering and forgetfulness in oral history interviews and the effects of such...

Ask and tell: gay veterans, identity, and oral history on a civil rights frontier.
June 22, 2005... Abstract In 1993 the "don't ask, don't tell" policy legislated the silence of gay and lesbian soldiers on active duty and in the reserves. This silence about gays in the military has led to a collective amnesia about the patriotic service and...

The challenge and promise of producing oral history-based biographies.(SPECIAL SECTION)(Brief article)
June 22, 2005... Introduction The four articles that make up this issue's special section examine the production of oral history-based biographies from the perspective of two authors, their editor, and a commentator. While writing her biography of labor...

Secrets, lies, and misremembering: take II.
June 22, 2005... Abstract In the editing of Sticking to the Union: An Oral History of the Life and Times of Julia Ruuttila, discrepancies emerged between what Ruuttila told author Sandy Polishuk and what others--in particular her brother--had to say. Polishuk...

When subjects talk back: writing Anne Braden's life-in-progress.(Biography)
June 22, 2005... Abstract Subversive Southerner is an oral history-based biography that leans toward being a full critical biography of Anne Braden, a southern white woman (Kentucky-born, Alabama-reared) whose racial justice activism spans nearly six decades....

Negotiating voices: biography and the curious triangle between subject, author, and editor.
June 22, 2005... Abstract The author edited Sandy Polishuk's Sticking to the Union and Catherine Fosl's Subversive Southerner, and in this article discusses the rocky terrain that oral history-based biographers navigate with their editors, subjects, and perhaps...

Pushing boundaries in oral history-based biographies.(COMMENTARY)
June 22, 2005... Abstract The author comments on three preceding articles, two by authors of oral history-based biographies (Sandy Polishuk's biography of Julia Ruuttila and Catherine Fosl's biography of Anne Braden) and a third by their editor, Deborah...

Response to commentary.
June 22, 2005... Had I had a hundred more pages obviously I could have explored more of Julia and included some of her fiction (several poems made it into the book along with a short excerpt from one novel manuscript), but between Julia's desire to focus on the...

Oral History Online.(Product/Service Evaluation)
June 22, 2005... ORAL HISTORY ONLINE. Edited by Wendy Slagle. Alexander Street Press. http://www.alexanderstreet6.com/orhi/index.html (access limited to faculty and students at subscribing institutions; 30-day free trial available). A central dilemma of...

Lost Buildings.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... LOST BUILDINGS. By Ira Glass, Tim Samuelson, and cartoonist Chris Ware. Chicago: WBEZ and Public Radio International, 2004. 22 minutes (DVD) with 96 pp. hard cover (book). To go on sale Fall 2005 (price not yet disclosed; currently available...

StoryCorps.(Radio Program Review)
June 22, 2005... STORYCORPS. Produced by Sound Portraits Productions, New York. http://storycorps.net/. Since 2003, ordinary people equipped with nothing else than their open hearts and ears for each other and the occasional list of questions, have been...

A World of Its Own: Race, Labor, and Citrus in the Making of Greater Los Angeles, 1900-1970.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... A WORLD OF ITS OWN: RACE, LABOR, AND CITRUS IN THE MAKING OF GREATER LOS ANGELES, 1900-1970. By Matt Garcia. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. 330 pp. Hardbound $59.95; Softbound $19.95. Carey McWilliams,...

Altered Lives, Enduring Community: Japanese Americans Remember Their World War II Incarceration.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... ALTERED LIVES, ENDURING COMMUNITY: JAPANESE AMERICANS REMEMBER THEIR WORLD WAR II INCARCERATION. By Stephen S. Fugita and Marilyn Fernandez. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004. 253 pp. Softbound $24.95. Oral historians who...

Community Memories: A Glimpse of African American Life in Frankfort, Kentucky.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... COMMUNITY MEMORIES: A GLIMPSE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE IN FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY. By Winona L. Fletcher. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 2003. 166 pp. Hardbound $33.95. In Community Memories, editors Winona Fletcher and...

Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement That Changed America.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... CRADLE OF FREEDOM: ALABAMA AND THE MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED AMERICA. By Frye Gaillard. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2004. 419 pp. Hardbound $34.95. As a white journalist who came of age in Alabama during the civil rights movement,...

Creative Collectives: Chicana Painters Working in Community.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... CREATIVE COLLECTIVES: CHICANA PAINTERS WORKING IN COMMUNITY. By Maria Ochoa. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2003. 139 pp. Hardbound $45.00. An ambitious blend of art history and analysis, qualitative social science research,...

Deadly Farce: Harvey Matusow and the Informer System in the McCarthy Era.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... DEADLY FARCE: HARVEY MATUSOW AND THE INFORMER SYSTEM IN THE McCARTHY ERA. By Robert M. Lichtman and Ronald D. Cohen. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2004. 227 pp. Hardbound $27.00. Is there value in interviewing someone who became...

Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... DOING ORAL HISTORY: A PRACTICAL GUIDE. By Donald A. Ritchie. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 318 pp. Softbound $19.95. To those of us who have been actively involved in the Oral History Association, it is the rare person who has...

Faces from the Flood: Hurricane Floyd Remembered.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... FACES FROM THE FLOOD: HURRICANE FLOYD REMEMBERED. By Richard Moore and Jay Barnes. University of North Carolina Press, 2004. 225 pp. Softbound $29.95. The royalties from the sale of this book go to the American Red Cross and the Salvation...

Girls Rock: Fifty Years of Women Making Music.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... GIRLS ROCK: FIFTY YEARS OF WOMEN MAKING MUSIC. By Mina Carson, Tisa Lewis, and Susan M. Shaw. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2004.235 pp. Hardbound $29.95. In the last fifteen years, there has been no shortage of books and...

Harder Than Hardscrabble: Oral Recollections of the Farming Life from the Edge of the Texas Hill Country.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... HARDER THAN HARDSCRABBLE: ORAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FARMING LIFE FROM THE EDGE OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. Edited by Thad Sitton. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2003.297 pp. Hardbound $29.95. Softbound $19.95. This superlative...

Old Las Vegas: Hispanic Memories from the New Mexico Meadowlands.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... OLD LAS VEGAS: HISPANIC MEMORIES FROM THE NEW MEXICO MEADOWLANDS. By Nasario Garcia. Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press, 2005.302 pp. Hardbound $34.95. With his latest collection of oral histories, New Mexican folklorist Nasario...

Seattle's Women Teachers of the Interwar Years: Shapers of a Livable City.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... SEATTLE'S WOMEN TEACHERS OF THE INTERWAR YEARS: SHAPERS OF A LIVABLE CITY. By Doris Hinson Pieroth. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2004. 283 pp. Hardbound $30.00. Teachers' voices rarely are included in the history of...

Suburban Landscapes: Culture and Politics in a New York Metropolitan Community.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... SUBURBAN LANDSCAPES: CULTURE AND POLITICS IN A NEW YORK METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY. By Paul H. Mattingly. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. 333 pp. Hardbound $42.95. Historian Paul Mattingly has chosen one of the myriad...

The Jewish Women of Ravensbruck Concentration Camp.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... THE JEWISH WOMEN OF RAVENSBRUCK CONCENTRATION CAMP By Rochelle G. Saidel. Madison: Terrace Books, University of Wisconsin Press, 2004. 279 pp. Hardbound $29.95. Ravensbruck, fifty-five miles from Berlin, was a slave labor camp for women...

We Built Up Our Lives: Education and Community Among Jewish Refugees Interned by Britain in World War II.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... WE BUILT UP OUR LIVES: EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY AMONG JEWISH REFUGEES INTERNED BY BRITAIN IN WORLD WAR II. By Maxine Schwartz Seller. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. 272 pp. Hardbound $64.00. When Hitler came to power in 1932, thousands...

Intersections: Trimet Interstate Max Light Rail Community History Project.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... INTERSECTIONS: TRIMET INTERSTATE MAX LIGHT RAIL COMMUNITY HISTORY PROJECT. By Judy Blankenship. Portland, Oregon: Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, 2003.84 pp. Ringbound $10.00. (Available from http://www.trimet.org/...

Recording Oral History: A Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2d ed.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... RECORDING ORAL HISTORY: A GUIDE FOR THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, second edition. By Valerie Raleigh Yow. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2005. 398 pp. Cloth $75.00; Paper $29.95. This new edition is similar to a sturdy old house...