03281oam 22006134a 450 99621816350331620210915032150.01-282-49047-897866124904770-87421-488-2(CKB)111087028104256(EBL)316767(OCoLC)476107848(SSID)ssj0000247213(PQKBManifestationID)11221344(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247213(PQKBWorkID)10195914(PQKB)10764828(MiAaPQ)EBC3442755(OCoLC)53946610(MdBmJHUP)muse13367(MiAaPQ)EBC316767(Au-PeEL)EBL316767(CaPaEBR)ebr11217611(OCoLC)935264606(EXLCZ)9911108702810425620020723d2002 uy 0engurbn#---u||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSo They UnderstandWilliam SchneiderLogan, Utah :Utah State University Press,2002.©2002.1 online resource (207 pages) illustrations"Documentation, representation, presentation, and interpretation, illustrated with stories from South Africa, Alaska, and the Yukon."0-87421-550-1 Includes bibliographical references.Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- part one How Stories Work -- one Introduction -- two A Career Full of Stories -- three What's in a Story -- four Sorting Out Oral Tradition and Oral History -- part two Types of Stories -- five Personal Narratives Shared One to Another -- six Gathering to Tell Stories: The Neglected Genre of Oral History -- seven In Search of the Story: Interviewers and Their Narrators -- eight Life Histories: The Constructed Genre -- part three Issues Raised by Stories -- nine The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth -- ten Issues of Representation -- eleven Intellectual Property Rights and the Public Unfinished Business -- twelve The Public Record -- Appendix A: Oral History Gift and Release Agreement -- Appendix B: Interview Restrictions -- Appendix C: Internet Use of Oral History Programs -- Notes -- References -- Index.Illustrated with numerous stories collected from Alaska, the Yukon, and South Africa and further enlivened by the author's accessible style and experiences as a longtime oral historian and archivist, So They Understand is a comprehensive study of the special challenges and concerns involved in documenting, representing, preserving, and interpreting oral narratives. The title of the book comes from a quotation by Chief Peter John, the traditional chief of the Tanana Chiefs region in central Alaska: ""In between the lines is something special going on in their minds, and that has--Oral historyOral traditionElectronic books. Oral history.Oral tradition.398/.35Schneider William801389MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996218163503316So They Understand1802728UNISA