LEADER 04247nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910453974503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-09263-0 010 $a9786611092634 010 $a0-8135-4161-1 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813541617 035 $a(CKB)1000000000688943 035 $a(EBL)320728 035 $a(OCoLC)476118265 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000306096 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11243727 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306096 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10293833 035 $a(PQKB)10596317 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC320728 035 $a(OCoLC)667101171 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21424 035 $a(DE-B1597)529472 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813541617 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL320728 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10202541 035 $a(OCoLC)1156899309 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000688943 100 $a20060817d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA place at the multicultural table$b[electronic resource] $ethe development of an American Hinduism /$fPrema A. Kurien 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (318 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4055-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-284) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $t1. The Transformation of Hinduism in the United States -- $t2. Hinduism in India -- $t3. Transplanting Hinduism in the United States -- $t4. ?We Are Better Hindus Here?: Local Associations -- $t5. The Abode of God: Temples -- $t6. Forging an Official Hinduism in India: Hindu Umbrella Organizations -- $t7. Forging an Official Hinduism in the United States: Hindu American Umbrella Organizations -- $t8. Re-visioning Indian History: Internet Hinduism -- $t9. Challenging American Pluralism: Hindu Americans in the Public Sphere -- $t10. Being Young, Brown, and Hindu: Student Organizations -- $t11. The Development of an American Hinduism -- $tNotes -- $tGlossary -- $tReferences -- $tIndex -- $tAbout the Author 330 $aMulticulturalism in the United States is commonly lauded as a positive social ideal celebrating the diversity of our nation. But, in reality, immigrants often feel pressured to create a singular formulation of their identity that does not reflect the diversity of cultures that exist in their homeland. Hindu Americans have faced this challenge over the last fifteen years, as the number of Indians that have immigrated to this country has more than doubled. In A Place at the Multicultural Table, Prema A. Kurien shows how various Hindu American organizations--religious, cultural, and political--are attempting to answer the puzzling questions of identity outside their homeland. Drawing on the experiences of both immigrant and American-born Hindu Americans, Kurien demonstrates how religious ideas and practices are being imported, exported, and reshaped in the process. The result of this transnational movement is an American Hinduism--an organized, politicized, and standardized version of that which is found in India. This first in-depth look at Hinduism in the United States and the Hindu Indian American community helps readers to understand the private devotions, practices, and beliefs of Hindu Indian Americans as well as their political mobilization and activism. It explains the differences between immigrant and American-born Hindu Americans, how both understand their religion and their identity, and it emphasizes the importance of the social and cultural context of the United States in influencing the development of an American Hinduism. 606 $aHinduism$zUnited States 606 $aHindus$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHinduism 615 0$aHindus 676 $a294.50973 700 $aKurien$b Prema A.$f1963-$01034307 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453974503321 996 $aA place at the multicultural table$92453347 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$105.00$u12/27/2016$5Relig