White Utopias
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-37694-6 (ISBN)
Amanda J. Lucia is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside, and the author of Reflections of Amma: Devotees in a Global Embrace.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Author Note
Introduction
1. Romanticizing the Premodern: The Confluence of Indic and Indigenous Spiritualities
Interlude: Cultural Possession and Whiteness
2. Anxieties over Authenticity: American Yoga and the Problem of Whiteness
Interlude: “White People Are on the Journey of Evolution”
3. Deconstructing the Self: At the Limits of Asceticism
Interlude: Sculpting Bodies and Minds
4. Wonder, Awe, and Peak Experiences: Approaching Mystical Territories
Interlude: Producing Wonder / Branding Freedom
5. The Cathartic Freedom of Transformational Festivals: Neoliberal Escapes and Entrapments
Conclusion
Appendix 1: @Instagram Data for Public Figures Cited
Appendix 2: Methodology
Notes
References
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 11.11.2020 |
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Zusatzinfo | 5 charts, 15 b-w photographs |
Verlagsort | Berkerley |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 544 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
ISBN-10 | 0-520-37694-3 / 0520376943 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-37694-6 / 9780520376946 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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