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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SEVEN Truth and Consequences IN ALL STORYTELLING , the more fascinating
the fictions scientists call them theories — the more sense the facts make . As
though to underline this , our English word “ fact ” comes from the same root as ...
SEVEN Truth and Consequences IN ALL STORYTELLING , the more fascinating
the fictions scientists call them theories — the more sense the facts make . As
though to underline this , our English word “ fact ” comes from the same root as ...
Page 147
Mary Johnson performed was proof of the truth of the events it described : that is
to say , the storytelling tradition itself , with its stylized language and its
ceremonial protocol , was its own guarantor of truth . Whatever was done within
that ...
Mary Johnson performed was proof of the truth of the events it described : that is
to say , the storytelling tradition itself , with its stylized language and its
ceremonial protocol , was its own guarantor of truth . Whatever was done within
that ...
Page 151
Like all great art , the saga is too great a truth in itself to be compared with reality .
... One trick is to see things from different perspectives , recognizing that stories
and songs both express their truths in more or less direct communication and ...
Like all great art , the saga is too great a truth in itself to be compared with reality .
... One trick is to see things from different perspectives , recognizing that stories
and songs both express their truths in more or less direct communication 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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