Electric Steel: Parallel Stories from Italy, India and the Americas and Other Essays
Alessandro Portelli
Price
465
ISBN
9789354423598
Language
English
Pages
86
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
140 x 216 mm
Year of Publishing
2023
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
Orient BlackSwan

The book consists of three essays by the author: ‘Electric Steel: Parallel Stories from Italy, India and the Americas’, ‘What Makes Oral History Different’ and ‘A Dialogical Relationship: An Approach to Oral History’. Together the three essays emphasise the importance of oral narratives and acts of translation and interpretation.

Alessandro Portelli is retired Professor of American Literature, Universita di Roma La Sapienza.

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

General Introduction

Electric Steel: Parallel Stories from Italy, India and the Americas

What Makes Oral History Different

A Dialogical Relationship: An Approach to Oral History