Rethinking Oral History and Tradition - An Indigenous Perspective

Indigenous Oral History explores a specific indigenous community approach to oral history. It compares and contrasts popular definitions and practices used by both oral historians and oral traditionalists, examining whether or not each resonates with indigenous perspectives regarding the form, methods, theories and politics of oral history.

Sommario

• Acknowledgments


• Chapter 1: Oral History and Indigenous People


• Chapter 2: The Displacement of Indigenous Oral History


• Chapter 3: Rethinking the Form of Oral History


• Chapter 4: The Dynamics of Indigenous Oral Sources


• Chapter 5: The Politics of Power in Indigenous Oral History


• Chapter 6: Indigenous Oral History in Method and Practice


• Chapter 7: Interweaving Oral History Theories with Indigenous Practices


• Chapter 8: The Indigenous Truth of Oral History


• Appendix 1: Glossary


• Appendix 2: Selected M?teatea, Waiata, and Haka


• Appendix 3: Selected Genealogy Tables


• Bibliography


• Index

Info autore

Lecturer in History, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Riassunto

Indigenous Oral History explores a specific indigenous community approach to oral history. It compares and contrasts popular definitions and practices used by both oral historians and oral traditionalists, examining whether or not each resonates with indigenous perspectives regarding the form, methods, theories and politics of oral history.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Nepia Mahuika, Nepia (Lecturer in History Mahuika
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780190681685
• ISBN: 978-0-19-068168-5
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Oxford Oral History Series; Oxford Oral History
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Oral History, History: theory & methods, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, HISTORY / Oceania, Australasian & Pacific history, Australasian and Pacific history, History: theory and methods