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Reflections of Amma : (Record no. 3350)

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International Standard Book Number 9780520281134 (hardback)
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number BL1278.1592.A67
Item number L83 2014
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 294.5092
Edition number 23
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Classification number BL 1278.1592 .A67L83 2014X ROBARTS
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lucia, Amanda J.,
Dates associated with a name 1977-
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Reflections of Amma :
Remainder of title devotees in a global embrace /
Statement of responsibility, etc Amanda J. Lucia.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Berkeley :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc University of California Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc [2014], c2014
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xv, 304 p.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Originally presented as the author's dissertation (Ph. D.--University of Chicago, 2010).
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-293) and index.
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Language -- INTRODUCTION -- Situating Amma as Female Guru in the Context of American Multiculturalism -- ONE -- A Darshan Embrace: Experiencing Authenticity and Feeling Recognition -- TWO -- Devi Bhava: Revelation and Performance of the Guru as Goddess -- THREE -- The Avatar-Guru and Ordinary Women: the Boundaries of Mimetic Behavioral Models -- FOUR -- Culturally-Situated Testimonies: Differing Interpretations of the Role of the Goddess -- FIVE -- Congregational Dynamics: Growing Pains En Route from the Particular to the Universal -- CONCLUSION -- Multiculturalism, Universalism, and Communal Identity: the Guru in the American Diaspora -- APPENDIX I: -- Current Literature Engaging the Field of Contemporary Gurus -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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Summary, etc "Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma) is the face of religion in the a new global age. Born in 1953 to a low-caste family in a southern Indian fishing village, she has catapulted to international prominence in recent decades through her travels, humanitarian programs, and the ever-increasing explosion of new centers in and outside of India, including the US, Canada, Europe, East Asia, Africa, and South America. Today 8-10 million people around the world identify as Amma devotees. Known throughout the world as the "hugging saint," she is famous for her elaborate darshan ceremonies, where as many as 50,000 people are embraced by the guru one at a time -- an event that can take up to three days and nights nonstop. This book is an in-depth examination of the Amma phenomenon and her American devotees. Amanda J. Huffer suggests that standard dichotomies within American religious studies are being broken down as notions of self and other, Asia and the West, goddess and human, become unsettled by way of Amma's highly performative darshan events. Huffer argues that an unprecedented egalitarian impulse is taking shape within the community, one that challenges long-held interpretations of Hindu religiosity and goddess worship. Through an in-depth ethnographic encounter with Amma devotees, she skillfully examines the new face of this fast-growing global religious movement"--
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Summary, etc "Globally known as Amma, meaning Mother, Mata Amritanandamayi has developed a massive transnational humanitarian organization based in hugs. She is familiar to millions as the "hugging saint," a moniker that derives from her elaborate darshan programs wherein nearly every day 10,000 people are embraced by the guru one at a time, events that routinely last 10-20 hours without any rest for her. Although she was born in 1953 as a low caste girl in a southern Indian fishing village, today millions revere her as guru and goddess, a living embodiment of the divine on earth. Reflections of Amma focuses on communities of Amma's devotees in the United States, showing how they endeavor to mirror their guru's behaviors and transform themselves to emulate the ethos of the movement. This study argues that "inheritors" and "adopters" of Hindu traditions differently interpret Hindu goddesses, Amma, and her relation to feminism and women's empowerment because of their inherited religious, cultural, and political dispositions. In this insightful ethnographic analysis, Lucia discovers how the politics of American multiculturalism reifies these cultural differences in "de facto congregations," despite the fact that Amma's embrace attempts to erase communal boundaries in favor of global unity"--
600 00 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Amritanandamayi,
Titles and other words associated with a name Mata,
Dates associated with a name 1953-
General subdivision Disciples.
600 00 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Amritanandamayi,
Titles and other words associated with a name Mata,
Dates associated with a name 1953-
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Mata Amritanandamayi Mission.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element RELIGION / Hinduism / General.
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Hinduism
Geographic subdivision United States.
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