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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Speaking and listening are simple and natural , we say ; while writing and
reading are cultivated and complex . We wonder how people in these oral
cultures recall things so clearly and how they reflect on ideas without the benefit
of writing ...
Speaking and listening are simple and natural , we say ; while writing and
reading are cultivated and complex . We wonder how people in these oral
cultures recall things so clearly and how they reflect on ideas without the benefit
of writing ...
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The debate about them goes back a long way in European thought — back to
Boethius , in prison near Milan in the year A.D. 525 in the dark end - days of the
Roman Empire , writing a medieval bestseller called The Consolation of
Philosophy ...
The debate about them goes back a long way in European thought — back to
Boethius , in prison near Milan in the year A.D. 525 in the dark end - days of the
Roman Empire , writing a medieval bestseller called The Consolation of
Philosophy ...
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COVER PHOTOGRAPH of lUna Rooi of the #Khomani people, singing in the
land on her first visit back to the *Khomani's aboriginal homeland in the Kalahari
desert © J. Edward Chamberlin 2006 COVER DESIGN StephenRaw.com Write
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COVER PHOTOGRAPH of lUna Rooi of the #Khomani people, singing in the
land on her first visit back to the *Khomani's aboriginal homeland in the Kalahari
desert © J. Edward Chamberlin 2006 COVER DESIGN StephenRaw.com Write
for a ...
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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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