Nuclear nativity: rituals of renewal and empowerment in the marshall islands
Auteur :
Carucci, Laurence Marshall
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9780875802176
Date de publication :
1 avr. 1997
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
907 g
Format :
Paper over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Exploring the Kurijmoj festival of the Enewetak people who were exiled from their island in 1947 so that the US government could carry out nuclear weapons tests, this text investigates the empowering aspects of ritual devices such as feasts, speeches, dances, and songs of apocalypse.