Women's Words

by Sherna Berger Gluck (Editor), Daphne Patai (Editor)

Women's Words is 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.

Genres: Feminism, Oral History, Womens Studies, Writing

234 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Sherna Berger Gluck (b. 1935) is an American activist and oral historian, and Director Emerita of the Oral History Program at California State University, Long Beach. Her first book, From Parlor to Prison (1976), is an oral history of the women's suffrage movement. An advocate for the Palestinian people, she is a co-host of the Radio Intifada show on KPFK; her most recent book is An American Feminist In Palestine. Her historical work led to the recognition of women's oral history as a distinct discipline. Gluck received her undergraduate education at Shimer College in Illinois, where she enrolled at age 15 through the early entrance program. She later received advanced degrees from UCLA and UC Berkeley. (from Shimer College Wiki)

Reviews

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good introduction to feminist perspectives on research, though it could have been more comprehensive.

[Valerie Brett · Rating 4 out of 5]

All of these articles (chapters) are very good & still relevant & I’ll be citing it a ton in my thesis. But it needs a better title or something... it’s mostly if not completely comprised of pieces about specific projects and very highly reflective & critical of the practice itself.

[Lynna Goldhar Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

academic text book. A study of female oral tradition Not an easy read but a worthwhile one.