Stories about Stories: Life Story Collecting as Commemoration and Social Activism
dc.contributor.advisor | McDowell, John | en |
dc.contributor.advisor | Carpenter, Inta | en |
dc.contributor.author | Akerbergs, Ilze | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T22:03:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-14T12:00:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-06-01 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2007 | en |
dc.description | Thesis (PhD) - Indiana University, Folklore and Ethnomusicology, 2007 | en |
dc.description.abstract | The oral life-story is a flexible genre that allows one to connect the private with the public world. It is a window that allows the world to catch a glimpse of the personal experiences and values of the ordinary person. The representations of self and the past that are embodied in life-stories can be used as tools by researchers and activists for larger agendas that create meanings in culture and society. This dissertation deals with two different ways life-story collecting has served two different objectives. Mara in Latvia has created a "master story" that fills and commemorates the "silenced gaps" in Latvian history left by its fifty years under Soviet rule; Karen in Brazil has created a "master story" that works for social change and embraces the diversity of Brazil and the world. Through analysis of Mara's and Karen's own life-stories and the products they have produced, this study examines the "master story" each has created from the many life-stories told to them, against the cultural and political backdrop of Latvia and Brazil. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2022/7738 | |
dc.language.iso | EN | en |
dc.publisher | [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University | en |
dc.subject | Life story | en |
dc.subject | Latvia | en |
dc.subject | Brazil | en |
dc.subject.classification | Folklore (0358) | en |
dc.title | Stories about Stories: Life Story Collecting as Commemoration and Social Activism | en |
dc.type | Doctoral Dissertation | en |
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