Storied landscapes ethno-religious identity and the Canadian Prairies / [electronic resource] :
Frances Swyripa.
- Winnipeg [Man.] : University of Manitoba Press, c2010
- 1 online resource (xiii, 296 p. : ill., maps)
- Studies in immigration and culture series, 5 1914-1459 ; .
- Studies in immigration and culture ; 5. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-290) and index.
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.