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AfterBurn
. Ed(S): Gilmore, Lee; Proyen, Mark
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Paperback. Stories of the counterculture event that brings together thousands each year for a weeklong spasm of self-expression in the Nevada desert. Editor(s): Gilmore, Lee; Proyen, Mark. Num Pages: 221 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; AB; ASZP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
The Burning Man Festival is a weeklong spasm of radical self-expression held annually just before Labour Day since 1986. In late August 2003, more than 33,000 participants converged in Nevada's Black Rock Desert for this counterculture event staged as an experiment in temporary community. The participants gather to rid themselves of the conventional structures of their life and to 'sample' the alternatives in hundreds of theme camps. The climax of the festival comes when attendees erupt into cheers and applause at the burning of a forty-foot-tall human effigy described as 'part pre-technological idol and part post-technological puppet'. Both Lee Gilmore ... Read more
The Burning Man Festival is a weeklong spasm of radical self-expression held annually just before Labour Day since 1986. In late August 2003, more than 33,000 participants converged in Nevada's Black Rock Desert for this counterculture event staged as an experiment in temporary community. The participants gather to rid themselves of the conventional structures of their life and to 'sample' the alternatives in hundreds of theme camps. The climax of the festival comes when attendees erupt into cheers and applause at the burning of a forty-foot-tall human effigy described as 'part pre-technological idol and part post-technological puppet'. Both Lee Gilmore ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
Number of Pages
221
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826333995
SKU
V9780826333995
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About . Ed(S): Gilmore, Lee; Proyen, Mark
Lee Gilmore received her PhD at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, and teaches at Chabot College in Hayward, California. Mark Van Proyen is associate professor of art history, painting, and digital media at the San Francisco Art Institute.
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