Memory, Meaning, and Resistance by Fran Leeper Buss
Fran Leeper Buss, a former welfare recipient who became a pioneer in the field of oral history, has for forty years dedicated herself to the goal of collecting the stories of marginal and working-class US women. Memory, Meaning, and Resistance is based on over 100 oral histories gathered from women from a variety of racial, ethnic, and geographical backgrounds.
The analysis is methodologically rich yet manages to capture the harsh realities of poverty, sexism, and racism, and the resilience of the activistsThe book also sheds light on the role of spirituality in the lives of poor and working class women… An excellent resource for training graduate students to collect oral histories in a more intersectional, postmodern way. In short, we need this book.' - Mary Margaret Fonow, Arizona State University
Fran Leeper Buss holds a PhD in American History from the University of Arizona. She has published four oral histories and a novel, Journey of the Sparrows. The original transcripts of her oral history interviews are housed at the the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780472053599 |
| ISBN 10 | 0472053590 |
| Title | Memory, Meaning, and Resistance |
| Author | Fran Leeper Buss |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Michigan Press |
| Year published | 2017-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 226 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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