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 37
... would launch into a litany of profanities often contradicted by some religious
humming ; or they might recite the words on a coffee label or a can of condensed
milk . And during the day , they would whoop and yell and hoot and holler to
move ...
... would launch into a litany of profanities often contradicted by some religious
humming ; or they might recite the words on a coffee label or a can of condensed
milk . And during the day , they would whoop and yell and hoot and holler to
move ...
Page 129
Let's move the projector so that the square has an area smaller than the circle .
Then we move the projector back , away from the page , and soon we get a
square larger than the circle . We must assume that at some instant the area was
the ...
Let's move the projector so that the square has an area smaller than the circle .
Then we move the projector back , away from the page , and soon we get a
square larger than the circle . We must assume that at some instant the area was
the ...
Page 216
... picnic lunch and move from one group of beetles to another until we locate the
herd . ... Some facts might have come from dreams , others from communication
with beetles , and other facts from knowledge of birds , which would include their
...
... picnic lunch and move from one group of beetles to another until we locate the
herd . ... Some facts might have come from dreams , others from communication
with beetles , and other facts from knowledge of birds , which would include their
...
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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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