Women's Words

<p><em>Women's Words</em> 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.</p> Introduction, Part I: Language and Communication, Part II: Authority and Interpretation, Part III: Dilemmas and Contradictions, Part IV: Community and Advocacy, Afterword, Index, Contributors