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 63
the first time I recognized the unease of spirit that Aborigines had been talking
about to me since I had arrived , a place ... understanding , expressed in the
stories and songs as well as the dances and paintings that speak about the
spirits .
the first time I recognized the unease of spirit that Aborigines had been talking
about to me since I had arrived , a place ... understanding , expressed in the
stories and songs as well as the dances and paintings that speak about the
spirits .
Page 82
They gave each clan its land and its dreamings : stories and songs about the
animals in whose form the spirits dwell . The dreamings are also about the
responsibility of the Aborigines to these spirits , who return to the earth at
particular places ...
They gave each clan its land and its dreamings : stories and songs about the
animals in whose form the spirits dwell . The dreamings are also about the
responsibility of the Aborigines to these spirits , who return to the earth at
particular places ...
Page 105
I was visiting in Australia with a group of Aboriginal men and women from across
the country who had gathered to discuss what to do about their homelands ,
haunted by restless spirits . They talked about many things , but in the evening ,
after ...
I was visiting in Australia with a group of Aboriginal men and women from across
the country who had gathered to discuss what to do about their homelands ,
haunted by restless spirits . They talked about many things , but in the evening ,
after ...
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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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