Storied landscapes [electronic resource] : ethno-religious identity and the Canadian Prairies / Frances Swyripa.
Series: Studies in immigration and culture ; 5.Publication details: Winnipeg [Man.] : University of Manitoba Press, c2010 2010)Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 296 p. : ill., maps)ISBN:- 9780887553004 (electronic bk.)
- 0887553001 (electronic bk.)
- 971.2/02
- F1060.96 S997 2010eb
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.
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