The Ukrainian Sacred Landscape: A Metaphor of Survival and Acculturation

Authors

  • John C. Lehr University of Winnipeg

Abstract

Data from Manitoba and elsewhere on the Prairies show that the Ukrainian sacred landscape, composed of churches and cemetery markers, constitutes a metaphor for cultural change and an index to the nature and rate of acculturation. Résumé Des données recueillies au Manitoba et ailleurs dans les Prairies démontrent que le paysage sacré des Ukrainiens, composé d'églises et de stèles funéraires, est une métaphore du changement culturel et un indice de la nature et de la rapidité de l'acculturation.

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Published

1989-01-01

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Lehr, John C. 1989. “The Ukrainian Sacred Landscape: A Metaphor of Survival and Acculturation”. Material Culture Review 29 (January). https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17364.

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Volume 29, Spring/Printemps 1989

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