Lives of the Saints in Southeast Idaho: An Introduction to Mormon Pioneer Life Story Writing (Northwest Folklife)

Folklore and oral history have over the past decade assumed new and vital roles in scholarship on the American West. The methodology of those disciplines has left almost untouched, however, the vast body of biographical and autobiographical materials bequeathed to history by Mormon pioneers. Contents: The Texture of Everyday Life -- Orthodox Belief and Story Patterns -- A Case Study in Orthodoxy: Accounts of miracles in LDS pioneer life stories -- Questioning the Stereotypes -- A Case Study in Dissidence: Mormon women's biographies of their female forebears -- The Personal Voice. Includes Bibliography and Index.