Landscapes of origin in the Americas : creation narratives linking ancient places and present communities /

Landscape is a powerful factor in the operation of memory because of the associations narrators make between the local landscape and the events of the stories they tell. Ancestors and mythological events often become fixed in a specific landscape and act as timeless reference points. In conventional...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Other Authors: Christie, Jessica Joyce, 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2009.
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