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A Hero for the Atomic Age

Thor Heyerdahl and the «Kon-Tiki» Expedition

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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers


Paru le : 2022-05-19



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In English and many other languages the name «Kon-Tiki» is a byword for adventure and the exotic. The journey of the Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 1947 became one of the founding myths of the postwar world. In the voyage of six Scandinavians and a parrot on a balsa raft across the Pacific Ocean the classic journey of discovery was re-invented for generations to come. Kon-Tiki spoke of heroism, masculinity, free-spirited rebellion against scientific dogmatism, and the promise of an attainable exotic world, while it updated these mythological staples to fit the times. After years of relentless media exploitation of the 101-day raft journey, Heyerdahl emerged as the protagonist in a legend that helped to create a new postwar West. A Hero for the Atomic Age tells the story of how Heyerdahl organized an expedition to sail a balsa raft from Callao in Peru to the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia, and explains how he turned this physical crossing into an epic narrative that became imbued with a universal appeal. The book also addresses the problematic nature of Heyerdahl’s theory that a white culture-bearing race had initiated all the world’s great civilizations.
Pages
278 pages
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Parution
2022-05-19
Marque
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
EAN papier
9781788741118
EAN PDF
9781788742764
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55
Nombre pages imprimables
55
Taille du fichier
23583 Ko
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19,62 €
EAN EPUB
9781788742771
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
55
Nombre pages imprimables
55
Taille du fichier
4731 Ko
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Prix
19,62 €

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