The Parallel Bucharest of the 1980s. The Memoirs of a Memoirs’ Keeper
Journal Title: Martor. The Museum of the Romanian Peasant Anthropology Review - Year 2012, Vol 17, Issue 17
Abstract
This article attempts through a self-reflective process to present the author’s own research conducted in the field of oral history during the 1980s. The result is a coherent mosaic of the everyday experiences of the subjects interviewed together with that of the author.
Authors and Affiliations
Zoltan Rostas
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