If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Reimagining Home and Sacred SpaceStories give shape and meaning to people's sense of themselves as individuals, their cultures, their nations, and what is called "home." The stories we tell, whatever our ethnicity, race, or religion, both connect and separate us. If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories? considers the hold that our stories--especially those about home--have on us and how we interact with others. |
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... century the idea had strong support from philosophers and critics and even poets . William Wordsworth , for example , came to the conclusion that lan- guage is " the incarnation of thought ... not what the garb is to the body but what ...
... century the idea had strong support from philosophers and critics and even poets . William Wordsworth , for example , came to the conclusion that lan- guage is " the incarnation of thought ... not what the garb is to the body but what ...
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... century . It was terra nullius , a place where there was nobody . Or perhaps I should say nobodies . The newcomers ' response was to proclaim sovereignty and thereby claim the land . That's what the British immediately did , at first in ...
... century . It was terra nullius , a place where there was nobody . Or perhaps I should say nobodies . The newcomers ' response was to proclaim sovereignty and thereby claim the land . That's what the British immediately did , at first in ...
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... century , the Ottoman Empire was the most significant force in the region stretching from Budapest to Baghdad . At ... centuries it was in fact poetry that held pride of place . Almost everybody , from peasant to prince , wrote or ...
... century , the Ottoman Empire was the most significant force in the region stretching from Budapest to Baghdad . At ... centuries it was in fact poetry that held pride of place . Almost everybody , from peasant to prince , wrote or ...
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If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Reimagining Home and Sacred Space J. Edward Chamberlin No preview available - 2004 |
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