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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We must have been a strange sight . But for a youngster on the prairies in the
1940s , the whole world seemed strange . The ghosts of the past - cowboys and
Indians , the broncs and the buffalo that were part of their story — were all around
.
We must have been a strange sight . But for a youngster on the prairies in the
1940s , the whole world seemed strange . The ghosts of the past - cowboys and
Indians , the broncs and the buffalo that were part of their story — were all around
.
Page 120
And yet my child responded to it with a strange delight , as I had : strange ,
because among other things the poem reveals unexpected connections —
between fields and flying , sharp and sided , swing and sea ; and delight ,
because it has a ...
And yet my child responded to it with a strange delight , as I had : strange ,
because among other things the poem reveals unexpected connections —
between fields and flying , sharp and sided , swing and sea ; and delight ,
because it has a ...
Page 122
We develop faith in the ability of these strange stories to unsettle us . The
strangeness is crucial . It is what first appeals to us in the nonsense of nursery
rhymes , and when we learn to bring our acceptance of such nonsense to bear
on the ...
We develop faith in the ability of these strange stories to unsettle us . The
strangeness is crucial . It is what first appeals to us in the nonsense of nursery
rhymes , and when we learn to bring our acceptance of such nonsense to bear
on the ...
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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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