Rolph, Sheena
(2006).
Oral history and new orthodoxies: narrative accounts in the history of learning disability.
Oral History, 34
pp. 81–91.
Abstract
Oral history has played a significant role since 1990 in developing new narratives and directions in learning disability history. In this paper we explore this role, considering both its strengths and limitations. We move the argument on from one of disputed ownership of the histroy, to its reliability and validity. We juxtapose testimony with archival sources, and we argue that in some respects, oral history has been used to bolster rather than challenge our pre-conceptions, and to create new orthodoxies.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| ISSN: |
0143-0955 |
| Keywords: |
learning disability; narrative accounts; new orthodoxies, cultural stereotypes |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Health and Social Care |
| Item ID: |
3397 |
| Depositing User: |
Lesley Henderson
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| Date Deposited: |
15 Aug 2006 |
| Last Modified: |
02 Dec 2010 19:49 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/3397 |
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