Oral History In Southeast Asia: Memories And Fragments
by Kah Seng Loh /
2013 / English / PDF
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Elderly Southeast Asians experienced great changes in their lives of war and violence, of the imposition of the nation-state, of economic development and remember them in different ways. Their oral histories may bear the influence of state-sanctioned narratives, attempt to speak truth to power or reconcile individual and official memories. By taking an inter-disciplinary approach, Oral History in Southeast Asia: Memories and Fragments considers the relationship of these fragments of memory to dominant accounts it unravels the complex ways through which people remember and make sense of their pasts.
