ScholarLens Back to search
2009•Palgrave Macmillan US eBooksRequires access

What Makes Oral History Different

Alessandro Portelli

Open publisher page 358 citations

Abstract

Back in 1960–61,I was an American Field Service foreign exchange student at Westchester High School here in Los Angeles—which still exists, although it has been almost swallowed up by the airport. And I had this wonderful experience of being an Italian in Los Angeles. Part of this was listening to the Italian radio station from "la bellissima città di San Pedro" on Sundays. Every Italian boy lives the day of Sunday in anxiety, waiting for the soccer results. The great privilege here was that, thanks to the time difference, by 10:00 a.m. Pd know the scores—and my Sunday anxiety was replaced by Sunday despair.

About this research paper

What this paper is about

Back in 1960–61,I was an American Field Service foreign exchange student at Westchester High School here in Los Angeles—which still exists, although it has been almost swallowed up by the airport. And I had this wonderful experience of being an Italian in Los Angeles. Part of this was listening to the Italian radio station from "la bellissima città di San Pedro" on Sundays. Every Italian boy lives the day of Sunday in anxiety, waiting for the soccer results. The great privilege here was that, thanks to the time difference, by 10:00 a.m. Pd know the scores—and my Sunday anxiety was replaced by Sunday despair.

Why it matters

OpenAlex reports 358 citations for this work. Citation counts describe recorded attention and do not establish research quality.

Key contribution

A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.

Method / approach

Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Main findings

Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Limitations

Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Applications

Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.

Available abstract

Back in 1960–61,I was an American Field Service foreign exchange student at Westchester High School here in Los Angeles—which still exists, although it has been almost swallowed up by the airport. And I had this wonderful experience of being an Italian in Los Angeles. Part of this was listening to the Italian radio station from "la bellissima città di San Pedro" on Sundays. Every Italian boy lives the day of Sunday in anxiety, waiting for the soccer results. The great privilege here was that, thanks to the time difference, by 10:00 a.m. Pd know the scores—and my Sunday anxiety was replaced by Sunday despair.

Key concepts: Active listening, Privilege (computing), Anxiety, Advertising, History, Service (business), Humanities, Art

Related papers

Related paper 1Related paper 2Related paper 3
Back to paper searchBrowse research topicsOriginal source
What Makes Oral History Different — Research Paper | ScholarLens