Riding a Mule Through the “Terminological Jungle”
Oral History and Problems of Nomenclature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11078519 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles T Morrissey (0000-0002-8418-6679, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-28 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Oral History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0798 • E-ISSN: 1533-8592 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ohr/12.1.13 |
| OpenAlex | W2324369473 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Oral history is mulish. Stubbornly it resists a unifying terminology. Now it even is fiction. Lee Smith's recent novel, Oral History, is set mostly in Hoot Owl Holler and the nearby town of Black Rock, where the states of Virginia, Kentucky, and West Virginia impinge on each other. Central to the story are the efforts of Jennifer Bingham, a college student, to learn about her family's history for an oral history course she is taking from a professor named Bernie Ripman. In the next-to-last paragraph of this novel we are told that Jennifer marries Bernie-and not surprisingly gets an A in the oral history course. But Jennifer is thwarted by her family relations who
Archaeology · Biology · Jungle · Nomenclature · Taxonomy (biology) · Zoology · History · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis · Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |