Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire - Année 1986 - Volume 10 - Numéro 1 - Pages 103-110Life story, social discourse, and true words, Régine Robin To think that oral history is a more democratic history escaping the traps of institutions and power is illusory. Life stories always incorporate social discourse and social noise ; they are built on stereotypes ; they fit into frameworks. Making the silence of history talk , Michelet's old ambition, may be possible only through fiction, far from the raw facts that oral history is supposed to provide. 8 pages Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.