Women's Words The Feminist Practice of Oral History [Paperback]

Women's Wordsis the first collection of writings devoted exclusively to exploring the theoretical, methodological, and practical problems that arise when women utilize oral history as a tool of feminist scholarship. In thirteen multi-disciplin ary esays, the book takes stock of the implicit presuppositions , contradictions, and prospects of oral history at the hands of feminist scholars.Sherna Berger Gluckcoordinates the oral history program at California State University where she also teaches women's studies. She is the author of From Parlor toPris onand Rosie the Riveter Revisited: Women, The Warand Social Change.

Daphne Pataiis Professor of Women's Studies and of Portuguese at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is the author of The OrwellMystique: A Study In Male Ideologyand Brazilian WomenSpeak: Contemporary Life Stories.