Speaking Memory

Oral History,Oral Culture, and Italians in America
  • Luisa Del Giudice
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Part of the Italian and Italian American Studies book series (IIAS)

Abstract

Memory forms the “archive” of oral culture and oral history. Since it is the living members of a culture who are repositories of its knowledge, oral cultural and oral historical research share an interest in collecting oral testimony and examining spoken memories, and they necessarily pivot on the oral interview.

Keywords

Oral History Immigrant Experience Oral Research Folk Music Folk Culture 
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