{"product_id":"people-of-the-rainbow-michael-i-niman-9781572337466","title":"People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ePeople of the Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 It is a book yet to be superseded. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This second edition of Niman's compelling and insightful work brings the Rainbow story up to date with a new introduction and two extensive new epilogues. While the big annual Rainbow \"Gatherings\" have drawn fewer numbers in recent years, Niman notes, the Rainbow ethos has in many ways migrated to the mainstream, as Rainbow notions about alternative medicine and environmental sustainability, for example, have gathered wider acceptance and influenced the national dialogue. Meanwhile, Rainbow movements in other regions, from Eastern Europe and the Middle East to Asia and Australia, are thriving. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In addition to addressing changes within the Rainbow Family and its complex relationship to \"Babylon\" (what Rainbows call mainstream culture), the book's new material explores the growing harassment Rainbows now face from U.S. law enforcement agencies--especially those associated with the National Forest Service. As Niman contends, this particular saga of a U.S. bureaucracy at war with its own citizens is a subplot in the larger--and disturbing--story of how the relationship between Americans and their government has changed during the first decade of the twenty-first century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In its nuanced portrait of an intriguing subculture, its successes, and its limitations, \u003ci\u003ePeople of the Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e remains a significant contribution to the study of utopian communities in the United States and their ongoing legacy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Michael I. Niman is a professor of journalism and media studies in the Communication Department at Buffalo State College in New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael I. Niman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 157233746X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781572337466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Michael I. Niman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46617927450879,"sku":"9781572337466","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2971b00d-d41a-4835-925b-d290f8fea2c0.jpg?v=1740068711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/people-of-the-rainbow-michael-i-niman-9781572337466","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}