White utopias the religious exoticism of transformational festivals

"Transformational festivals, from Burning Man to Lightning in a Bottle, Bhakti Fest, and Wanderlust, are massive events that attract thousands of participants to sites around the world. In this groundbreaking book, Amanda J. Lucia shows how these festivals operate as religious institutions for...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lucia, Amanda J., 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press [2020]
Subjects:
Spirituality > Social aspects.
Festivals > Social aspects.
Yoga.
Painting, Japanese > Western style.
Yoga
Spiritualité > Aspect social.
Yōga (Peinture japonaise)
Yōga (Japanese painting styles)
Yoga (philosophy)
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Festivals > Social aspects
Spirituality > Social aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Romanticizing the premodern : the confluence of Indic and Indigenous spiritualities
  • Interlude : cultural possession and Whiteness
  • Anxieties over authenticity : American yoga and the problem of Whiteness
  • Interlude : "White people are on the journey of evolution"
  • Deconstructing the self : at the limits of asceticism
  • Interlude : sculpting bodies and minds
  • Wonder, awe, and peak experiences : approaching mystical territories
  • Interlude : producing wonder/branding freedom
  • The cathartic freedom of transformational festivals : neoliberal escapes and entrapments
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1 : @Instagram data
  • Appendix 2 : methodology

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