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 60
He sits down ) Look , I'll tell you something . No laughing , you're not allowed to
laugh but you gotta try to listen and not call me a liar or laugh . I'm no liar ... ask
Rube , ask my missus , she'll tell you that's one thing about me , that I ain't a liar ...
He sits down ) Look , I'll tell you something . No laughing , you're not allowed to
laugh but you gotta try to listen and not call me a liar or laugh . I'm no liar ... ask
Rube , ask my missus , she'll tell you that's one thing about me , that I ain't a liar ...
Page 81
His story is fabulous , telling of strange adventures and heroic feats outside the
realm of possibility , but it is also familiar . ... Aboriginal people around the world
will tell you they feel like strangers in the languages they now speak , in the ...
His story is fabulous , telling of strange adventures and heroic feats outside the
realm of possibility , but it is also familiar . ... Aboriginal people around the world
will tell you they feel like strangers in the languages they now speak , in the ...
Page 144
If something cannot be used to tell a lie , Eco once suggested , it cannot be used
to tell the truth ; it cannot in fact be used to “ tell ” at all . The Canadian storyteller
Dan Yashinsky recalls his Romanian grandmother saying 144 REALITY AND ...
If something cannot be used to tell a lie , Eco once suggested , it cannot be used
to tell the truth ; it cannot in fact be used to “ tell ” at all . The Canadian storyteller
Dan Yashinsky recalls his Romanian grandmother saying 144 REALITY AND ...
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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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