Sun Qing-zhong
Abstract
Starting with the relations between the formally civilized and uneducated, and self and other, this article discusses the characteristics of oral history and oral tradition. Comparing these with the writing of ethnography, the author holds that oral history is made by historians based on interview while oral tradition is excavated by folklorists in the fieldwork.
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Starting with the relations between the formally civilized and uneducated, and self and other, this article discusses the characteristics of oral history and oral tradition. Comparing these with the writing of ethnography, the author holds that oral history is made by historians based on interview while oral tradition is excavated by folklorists in the fieldwork.
Key concepts: Oral tradition, Oral history, Ethnography, Anthropology, History, Oral literature, Sociology, Literature