Methods and Approaches in Oral History Interviewing Latin American Elites

One of earliest and most widely known uses of an oral history approach in Latin America was by late Oscar Lewis, a professor of anthropology at University of Illinois. During course of his studies in what he termed the culture of poverty, Lewis tape-recorded interviews with low income, low social status, Mexican people; and he used these recordings to reconstruct their life histories.1 He conducted a similar study of impoverished Puert9 Ricans in slums of New York City and greater San Juan. In his published works Lewis omitted interviewer's participation and printed only responses, thus presenting autobiographical narratives rather than dialogues.

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  Open Access•Peter Winn•Latin American Research Review•1979

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