If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundDrawing upon the narratives of Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, this collection of essays explores the relationships between territories, peoples and the stories and songs that give meaning to our lives. |
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Page 39
Let me illustrate this in another way , with a story about horses . Indian horses .
The Navajo have lived in the Southwest for generations , hunting and gathering
and more recently planting crops and grazing stock . The region is very dry , and
...
Let me illustrate this in another way , with a story about horses . Indian horses .
The Navajo have lived in the Southwest for generations , hunting and gathering
and more recently planting crops and grazing stock . The region is very dry , and
...
Page 155
And then there are the stories about horses. In some ways, it's no wonder they
end up at the centre of the conflict between the useful and the useless. For
thousands of years, horses have represented the extravagance of the
imagination ...
And then there are the stories about horses. In some ways, it's no wonder they
end up at the centre of the conflict between the useful and the useless. For
thousands of years, horses have represented the extravagance of the
imagination ...
Page 178
Stolen horses . Horse - stealing was very important to many of the plains tribes ,
part of a deliberate defiance of the kinds of categories and choices that we have
been talking about . Horsestealing was itself a form of storytelling , in fact ...
Stolen horses . Horse - stealing was very important to many of the plains tribes ,
part of a deliberate defiance of the kinds of categories and choices that we have
been talking about . Horsestealing was itself a form of storytelling , in fact ...
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| Title | If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground |
| Author | J. Edward Chamberlin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 2006 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 2 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 1857548493, 9781857548495 |
| Length | 271 pages |
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