Schneider, William, authorUtah State University Press, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032002http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87767Includes bibliographical references and index.Illuminated by 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.How Stories Work -- Introduction -- A Career Full of Stories -- What's in a Story -- Sorting Out Oral Tradition and Oral History -- Types of Stories -- Personal Narratives: Shared One to Another -- Gathering to Tell Stories: The Neglected Genre in Oral History -- In Search of the Story: Interviewers and Their Narrators -- Life Histories: The Constructed Genre -- Issues Raised by Stories -- The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth -- Issues of Representation -- Intellectual Property Rights and the Public: Unfinished Business -- The Public Record.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Oral traditionOral historyTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.