A Hero for the Atomic Age - Thor Heyerdahl and the "Kon-Tiki" Expedition (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2017
First published:	2018
Authors:	Axel Andersson
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	262
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-78874-275-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	1-78874-275-3
Barcode:	9781788742757

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