口述史与女权主义具有天然的亲缘关系,都鼓励普通社群发声,挑战不平等的权力关系. 不同的是,后者具有更自觉的批判和自省精神,以及更明确的改变社会的行动导向. 女权主义与口述史的结合,一方面消减一般口述史可能存在的性别盲视与歧视,发展出更强大的批判力;另一方面,它吸纳口述史搜集、整理、分析史料的方法和理论,以口述历史的系统性、鲜活性和深刻性更有效地让妇女及性别不平等关系可见,提升女权主义观念、理论与行动的说服力和感染力.%Feminism is similar to oral history in that it encourages ordinary groups to speak up and challenge unequal power relationships, but it is also more consciously self-critical and self-aware, with more decisive actions aimed at making definitive social change. Feminist oral history, combining feminism with oral history, could decrease the potential gender blindness and discrimination in oral history on the one hand, while using oral historical methodology and theories to build women's histories on more stable ground on the other.
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