People of the rainbow : a nomadic utopia / Michael I. Niman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niman, Michael I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Utopias--History--20th century.

Utopias.

Nonviolence--History--20th century.

Nonviolence.

Social history--1970-.

Social history.

Rainbow Family of Living Light.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Rainbow

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since 1972 the Rainbow Family of Living Light, a loosely organized and anarchistic nomadic community, has been holding large gatherings in remote forests to pray for world peace and create a model of a functioning utopian society. Michael I. Niman's People of the Rainbow, originally published in 1997, was the first comprehensive study of this countercultural group and its eclectic philosophy of environmentalism, feminism, peace activism, group sharing, libertarianism, and consensus government. It is a book yet to be superseded.This second edition of Niman's compel

Contents:

Sunflower's day : July 3

Roots, rock, rainbow

"The way we make decisions is more important than the decisions we make" : the Rainbow Family Council

The nuts and bolts of making a rainbow : rainbow infrastructure

People of the rainbow

Violence and peace

Fakelore

The mediated rainbow : the American media look at the rainbow family

Leave only smiles : land stewardship and community relations

The rainbow and the U.S. government

Conclusion : endless summer.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613311122

9781283311120

1283311127

9781572338029

1572338024

OCLC:

757261078