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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Tulku and tjukurrpa translate roughly as “ song ” and “ dreaming , ” and together
they represent all that is most ... What turned out to be most important about those
two words was not their roughly translated meaning but the fact that they could ...
Tulku and tjukurrpa translate roughly as “ song ” and “ dreaming , ” and together
they represent all that is most ... What turned out to be most important about those
two words was not their roughly translated meaning but the fact that they could ...
Page 106
Dodson and others are trying to translate ; but like all translation , it is not always
successful and is sometimes scorned by the community itself . Still , there are
other strategies for those in exile by the rivers of Babylon . Geoffrey James ,
another ...
Dodson and others are trying to translate ; but like all translation , it is not always
successful and is sometimes scorned by the community itself . Still , there are
other strategies for those in exile by the rivers of Babylon . Geoffrey James ,
another ...
Page 245
By the Rivers of Babylon ” is Psalm 137 . Ernest Renan made his remark in a
lecture he gave in 1882 , translated by Wanda Romer Taylor as “ What Is a
Nation ? ” ( 1996 ) . W. E. H. Stanner's description of the homeless is from his
monograph ...
By the Rivers of Babylon ” is Psalm 137 . Ernest Renan made his remark in a
lecture he gave in 1882 , translated by Wanda Romer Taylor as “ What Is a
Nation ? ” ( 1996 ) . W. E. H. Stanner's description of the homeless is from his
monograph ...
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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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