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Article: Oral History in Brazil: Development and Challenges.
- Article from:
- The Oral History Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 1999
- Author:
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In the case of Brazil, as in Latin America in general--or at least in those countries which only recently lived through the syndrome of military dictatorships--the emergence of oral history was directly tied to the process of re-democratization. It established a natural link between the advent of oral history and the political issues arising from democratic acceptance. This fact makes the role of oral history in Latin America different from that in Europe or North America. For this purpose, Brazil is an eloquent example.(1)
Identification of themes immediately leads to the observation that Latin American oral history requires solutions and approaches which are ...