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An Unauthorized Biography of the World: Oral History on the Front Lines
Michael Riordon
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Description for An Unauthorized Biography of the World: Oral History on the Front Lines
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTD; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
An Unauthorized Biography of the World explores the practice of engaged oral history: the difficult, sometimes dangerous work of recovering fragments of human story that have gone missing from the official versions. Michael Riordon has thirty years' experience as a writer and broadcaster in the field. Readers will encounter a gallery of brave, passionate people who gather silenced voices and lost life stories. The canvas is broad, the stakes are high: the battles for First Nations lands in Canada; environmental justice in Chicago; genocide in Peru; homeless people organizing in Cleveland; September 11/01, and after, in New York City; gay ... Read more
An Unauthorized Biography of the World explores the practice of engaged oral history: the difficult, sometimes dangerous work of recovering fragments of human story that have gone missing from the official versions. Michael Riordon has thirty years' experience as a writer and broadcaster in the field. Readers will encounter a gallery of brave, passionate people who gather silenced voices and lost life stories. The canvas is broad, the stakes are high: the battles for First Nations lands in Canada; environmental justice in Chicago; genocide in Peru; homeless people organizing in Cleveland; September 11/01, and after, in New York City; gay ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Between the Lines Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781896357935
SKU
V9781896357935
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-32
About Michael Riordon
Michael Riordon teaches writing, and has written two books of oral history: Out our Way: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Country (BTL, 1996), and Eating Fire: Family Life on the Queer Side (BTL, 2001)
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