Place, Writing, and Voice in Oral History (Palgrave Studies in Oral History)

"Oral history provides a valuable way of understanding locality. This volume considers the importance of working closely with the specifics of place in the context of global issues including environmental concerns and new communication technologies. Developing interdisciplinary connections between oral history, literary studies, and geography, essays in this collection focus on how both oral and written narratives engage with particular places, ranging from Dartmoor and "the clay country" to the River Ouse, from London to the polar regions. Further, this collection considers how oral history interviews themselves--the sounds of voices--are recorded and listened to in particular places: on walks, in theatres, at home on the internet. In doing so, this volume highlights the importance of thinking methodically about place not only in terms of the content of interviews, but also their creation, dissemination, and reception"-- Provided by publisher Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 List of Figures and Table......Page 8 List of Contributors......Page 10 Series Editors’ Foreword......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 14 Introduction......Page 16 Part 1 Introduction: Oral Tradition, Literature, and Locality......Page 36 CHAPTER 1 Romanticizing the West Country: or, Hell- Hounds in Hard Cover and Pixies in Print......Page 40 CHAPTER 2 “The Romance of Real Life”: Richard Polwhele’s Representation of the Literary Culture and Language of Cornwall......Page 56 CHAPTER 3 Printed Voices: Dialect and Diversity in Mid- Nineteenth- Century Lancashire......Page 74 Part 2 Introduction: Oral History and Local Environments......Page 98 CHAPTER 4 Regional Writing and Oral History, from China Clay to Eden......Page 102 CHAPTER 5 Wivenhoe Landscapes Remembered: From a Working River to Romanticized Nature......Page 122 CHAPTER 6 The Ouse Project: A Case Study of Applied Oral History......Page 142 CHAPTER 7 Witnesses to a Changing Landscape: From the Circumpolar to Central London......Page 164 Part 3 Introduction: Audience and New Technologies......Page 182 CHAPTER 8 Oral History as Site- Specific Practice: Locating the History of Performance Art in Wales......Page 186 CHAPTER 9 The Historical Hearing Aid: Located Oral History from the Listener’s Perspective......Page 208 CHAPTER 10 Mapping Memories of Displacement: Oral History, Memoryscapes, and Mobile Methodologies......Page 232 Index......Page 248 Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of Figures and Table 8 List of Contributors 10 Series Editors’ Foreword 12 Acknowledgments 14 Introduction 16 Part 1 Introduction: Oral Tradition, Literature, and Locality 36 CHAPTER 1 Romanticizing the West Country: or, Hell- Hounds in Hard Cover and Pixies in Print 40 CHAPTER 2 “The Romance of Real Life”: Richard Polwhele’s Representation of the Literary Culture and Language of Cornwall 56 CHAPTER 3 Printed Voices: Dialect and Diversity in Mid- Nineteenth- Century Lancashire 74 Part 2 Introduction: Oral History and Local Environments 98 CHAPTER 4 Regional Writing and Oral History, from China Clay to Eden 102 CHAPTER 5 Wivenhoe Landscapes Remembered: From a Working River to Romanticized Nature 122 CHAPTER 6 The Ouse Project: A Case Study of Applied Oral History 142 CHAPTER 7 Witnesses to a Changing Landscape: From the Circumpolar to Central London 164 Part 3 Introduction: Audience and New Technologies 182 CHAPTER 8 Oral History as Site- Specific Practice: Locating the History of Performance Art in Wales 186 CHAPTER 9 The Historical Hearing Aid: Located Oral History from the Listener’s Perspective 208 CHAPTER 10 Mapping Memories of Displacement: Oral History, Memoryscapes, and Mobile Methodologies 232 Index 248 9780230623699 Palgrave Macmillan (UK) Machine generated contents note: Oral Tradition, Literature, and Locality * Romanticizing the West Country: or, Hell-Hounds in Hard Cover and Pixies in Print Tim Fulford * 'The romance of real life': Polwhele's Representation of the Literary Culture and Language of Cornwall Dafydd Moore * Printed Voices: Dialect and Diversity in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Lancashire Sue Edney * Oral History and Local Environments * Regional Writing and Oral History, from China Clay to Eden Shelley Trower * Wivenhoe Landscapes Remembered: From a Working River to Romanticized Nature Paul Thompson * The Ouse Project: A Case Study of Applied Oral History Andrew Holmes * Witnesses to a Changing Landscape: From the Circumpolar to Central London Leslie McCartney * Audience and New Technologies * Oral History as Site-Specific Practice: Locating the History of Performance Art in Wales Heike Roms and Rebecca Edwards * The Historical Hearing Aid: Located Oral History from the Listener's Perspective Toby Butler * Mapping Memories of Displacement: Oral History, Memoryscapes, and Mobile Methodologies Steven High. This book demonstrates how oral history can provide a valuable way of understanding locality, which is important in light of major issues facing the world today, including global environmental concerns.