If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundStories come in many forms, from nursery rhymes and national anthems to poems and praise songs, and from the stories of science to the rituals of religion.They tell us where we come from, and where we belong; how to live and sometimes how to die.They hold us together, and they keep us apart.And all of them bring reality and the imagination together in what J. Edward Chamberlin calls a ceremony of belief. Drawing on his experiences in Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, Chamberlin takes the reader on an absorbing journey through communities and cultures around the world. |
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... horses . The Navajo have lived in the Southwest for generations , hunting and gathering and more recently planting ... horses , too , probably also from the Spaniards though there is a persistent belief among some of the Indian tribes ...
... horses . The Navajo have lived in the Southwest for generations , hunting and gathering and more recently planting ... horses , too , probably also from the Spaniards though there is a persistent belief among some of the Indian tribes ...
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... horses have represented the extravagance of the imagination push- ing back against the pressure of reality . These are horses that win battles and horses that represent wealth and power , horses that exemplify traditions of skill and ...
... horses have represented the extravagance of the imagination push- ing back against the pressure of reality . These are horses that win battles and horses that represent wealth and power , horses that exemplify traditions of skill and ...
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... horses , or else a single famous adversary . And there were four horses , all finely rendered . Stolen horses . Horse - stealing was very important to many of the plains tribes , part of a deliberate defiance of the kinds of cate ...
... horses , or else a single famous adversary . And there were four horses , all finely rendered . Stolen horses . Horse - stealing was very important to many of the plains tribes , part of a deliberate defiance of the kinds of cate ...
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If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground J. Edward Chamberlin Limited preview - 2010 |
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