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A Hunger for Memory: Oral History Recovery in Community Service-Learning

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: At a moment when multiculturalism is inspiring new directions for studying non-fiction, new literary genres are emerging, including the oral history narrative. This essay explores the value of the oral history narrative through its recovery in a service-learning course. Interrogating questions of genre, subjectivity, ethics, and composition, this paper affirms the place of oral history recovery in the composition classroom and proposes innovative strategies to remake a basic assignment into an interdisciplinary event.

Source: Reflections A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric

DOI: 10.59236/rjv1i2pp12-17

Author: Susie Lan Cassel

Institution: California State University, San Marcos

Language: English

Topic: Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4413359211

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