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 134
God hung the stars over Judith basin , ” the song begins ... and Russell painted
them . He also painted the great herds of buffalo , the riding of broncs and the
roping of cattle , the cow camps and round - ups and stampedes . He painted the
...
God hung the stars over Judith basin , ” the song begins ... and Russell painted
them . He also painted the great herds of buffalo , the riding of broncs and the
roping of cattle , the cow camps and round - ups and stampedes . He painted the
...
Page 135
Up in old Montana , ' Cause I can't paint them Quite as good as you . " A cowboy
fancy , to be sure . But it also embodies a powerful and perennial conviction that
works of art bring things to life , that a portrait can somehow be more real than a ...
Up in old Montana , ' Cause I can't paint them Quite as good as you . " A cowboy
fancy , to be sure . But it also embodies a powerful and perennial conviction that
works of art bring things to life , that a portrait can somehow be more real than a ...
Page 140
The artists and hunters who painted horses on the walls of the Chauvet Cave in
France thirty thousand years ago were not painting horses and buffalo ; they
were painting paintings of horses and buffalo . They knew all about the difference
...
The artists and hunters who painted horses on the walls of the Chauvet Cave in
France thirty thousand years ago were not painting horses and buffalo ; they
were painting paintings of horses and buffalo . They knew all about the difference
...
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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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