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This Is Burning Man: The Rise of a New American Underground

by Brian Doherty

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A provocative look at the extraordinary annual Burning Man festival--held each year before Labor Day, and drawing thousands of people from all walks of life to the forbidding Black Rock Desert in Nevada--spotlights the radically self-reliant and vibrantly creative community that gathers for a week-long stay that culminates in the burning of a symbolic wooden man. The glamorous and anarchic aspects of the makeshift city--ideas that are at once ingenious and unimaginable in normal society--include a three-story temple composed of discarded dinosaur puzzle pieces, a giant flame-spewing metal-lotus flower, and a glowing white whale sailing over the starry desert sky. The magnificent spirit of a festival where money and spectators are not allowed is captured here, bringing a piece of the whimsical, strange, and enlightened energy to those who've never participated as well as to veterans wishing to reminisce.

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Brian Doherty is the senior editor of Reason magazine. His articles have been published in Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Spin, and Washington Post. He lives in Los Angeles.

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9781932100860
Subtitle:
The Rise of a New American Underground
Author:
Doherty, Brian
Publisher:
Benbella Books
Subject:
Social life and customs
Subject:
Popular Culture
Subject:
Performance art
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Popular Culture - General
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Publication Date:
July 2006
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Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
311
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8.96x6.06x.65 in. .97 lbs.

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