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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Stories give us a way to wonder how totalitarian states arise , or why cancer cells
behave the way they do , or what causes people to live in the streets ... and then
come back again in a circle to the wonder of a song ... or a supernova . or DNA .
Stories give us a way to wonder how totalitarian states arise , or why cancer cells
behave the way they do , or what causes people to live in the streets ... and then
come back again in a circle to the wonder of a song ... or a supernova . or DNA .
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People around the world know what it is to " worry for their country ” ; the phrase
is a common one among those who have left their homeland to live elsewhere .
They feel a responsibility not so much on behalf of the present generation as for ...
People around the world know what it is to " worry for their country ” ; the phrase
is a common one among those who have left their homeland to live elsewhere .
They feel a responsibility not so much on behalf of the present generation as for ...
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We have lost the ability to both surrender to a story and separate ourselves from it
, to live in both grief - stricken reality and the grace of the imagination , to both
wait for spring and wonder whether it will arrive . Fortunately , our children haven'
t ...
We have lost the ability to both surrender to a story and separate ourselves from it
, to live in both grief - stricken reality and the grace of the imagination , to both
wait for spring and wonder whether it will arrive . Fortunately , our children haven'
t ...
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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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