Run for the wall: remembering vietnam on a motorcycle pilgrimage
Auteur :
Michalowski, Raymond J. / Dubisch, Jill
Éditeur :
Rutgers University Press
ISBN :
9780813529288
Date de publication :
1 juin 2001
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
510 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Every May, many motorcyclists in the USA make the "Run for the Wall" - a journey from California to the Vietnam War memorial in Washington. This text is an ethnographic account of this American ritual and displays it to be a form of secular pilgrimage that explores key concepts such as freedom.