Theater in a crowded fire : ritual and spirituality at Burning Man / / Lee Gilmore
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| Autore: |
Gilmore Lee <1969->
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| Titolo: |
Theater in a crowded fire : ritual and spirituality at Burning Man / / Lee Gilmore
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 237 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 394.2509793/54 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ritual - Nevada - Black Rock Desert |
| Festivals - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Black Rock Desert (Nev.) Religious life and customs |
| United States Religion 1945- | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | america |
| american culture | |
| american festivals | |
| american media | |
| art | |
| black rock desert | |
| burners | |
| burning man | |
| communal bonding | |
| community | |
| contemporary america | |
| demographic studies | |
| desert setting | |
| effigy | |
| ethnographers | |
| ethnography | |
| festival culture | |
| festival events | |
| festival space | |
| fire | |
| historical | |
| illustrated | |
| mecca | |
| modern history | |
| nevada | |
| nonfiction | |
| pilgrimage | |
| self expression | |
| spiritual journey | |
| spiritual rituals | |
| spirituality | |
| transformation | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliography and index. |
| Includes bibliographical references and index. | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Into the Zone -- Chapter 2. "Spiritual, but Not Religious"? -- Chapter 3. Ritual without Dogma -- Chapter 4. Desert Pilgrimage -- Chapter 5. Media Mecca -- Chapter 6. Burn-a-lujah! -- Appendix 1. Demography: The Face of the Festival -- Appendix 2. On-Line Survey -- Appendix 3. Burning Man Organization Mission Statement -- Notes -- Bibliography -- DVD Contents -- Credits -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Every summer, thousands gather from around the world in the blistering heat of Nevada's Black Rock Desert for the seven-day celebration of art, community, and fire known as Burning Man. Culminating in the spectacular incineration of a wooden effigy, this festival is grand-scale theater for self-expression, personal transformation, eclectic spirituality, communal bonding, and cultural renewal. In this engrossing ethnography of the Burning Man phenomenon, Lee Gilmore explores why "burners" come in vast numbers to transform a temporary gathering of strangers into an enduring community. Accompanied by a DVD, which provides panoramic views of events, individuals, artworks, and, of course, the climactic final night, the book delves into the varieties of spirituality, ritual, and performance conducted within the festival space. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Theater in a crowded fire |
| ISBN: | 1-282-77275-9 |
| 9786612772757 | |
| 0-520-94553-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784956903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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