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Storied landscapes : ethno-religious identity and the Canadian Prairies

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    Publisher:
    University of Manitoba Press, 2010

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  • Author: Swyripa, Frances
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    2010
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    Contents:
    • Ethno-religious settlement : the Canadian prairies in context
    • Possessing the land : the secular, the sacred, and the dead
    • Founding stoires and founding fathers : beginnings, place, and belonging
    • Region and nation : situating the prairie experience within national narratives
    • Outside connections : homelands, diasporas, and the Forty-ninth Parallel
    • Wheat, dragon ships, and baba : symbols of prairie ethnicity
    • Returning to the land : commemoration and preservation of the past
    • Pilgrimage : the land as "sacred ground" and gathering point.
    Genre:
    Canadian nonfiction, History and geography
    Sujets: Emigration and immigration | Immigrants | Minorities | Social conditions
    Original Publisher: Winnipeg [Man.], University of Manitoba Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780887553004, 0887553001, 0887557201, 9780887557200, 9780887550126