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 51
... to listen to these stories in a different way ; we need to listen to them the same
way we do to all stories of a certain sort . Did the Greeks believe in their myths ?
Yes and no . Were they true ? Absolutely . And yet we need to keep questioning ...
... to listen to these stories in a different way ; we need to listen to them the same
way we do to all stories of a certain sort . Did the Greeks believe in their myths ?
Yes and no . Were they true ? Absolutely . And yet we need to keep questioning ...
Page 60
[ Pause . He sits down ) Look , I'll tell you something . No laughing , you're not
allowed to laugh but you gotta try to listen and not call me a liar or laugh . I'm no
liar ... ask Rube , ask my missus , she'll tell you that's one thing about me , that I
ain't ...
[ Pause . He sits down ) Look , I'll tell you something . No laughing , you're not
allowed to laugh but you gotta try to listen and not call me a liar or laugh . I'm no
liar ... ask Rube , ask my missus , she'll tell you that's one thing about me , that I
ain't ...
Page 147
... not be lost . He refused . He said that the people who tradition prescribed
should listen to the story - certain nephews and aunts and cousins — were all
dead ; and although he could put on the appropriate regalia and go to the
designated ...
... not be lost . He refused . He said that the people who tradition prescribed
should listen to the story - certain nephews and aunts and cousins — were all
dead ; and although he could put on the appropriate regalia and go to the
designated ...
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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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