Title: For an Oral History of Reading: Reading Practices in Australia, 1890–1930
Abstract: This article reflects on an oral history project concerning reading practices in Australia, headed by the author, with the help of Lucy Taksa, based on a series of interviews with sixty-one elderly people from Sydney and the surrounding area. The article presents the research methods employed and a few problems they raised, and is eager to emphasise the importance of oral testimony for the history of representations and of memory. Finally, two topics are mentioned: the tendency among the women to underestimate their literary culture, and the continuation of reading practices classified as “traditional” by David Hall and Rolf Engelsing.
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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