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The Dream Refinery: Psychics, Spirituality and Hollywood in Los Angeles
The Dream Refinery: Psychics, Spirituality and Hollywood in Los Angeles by Spencer Dwight Orey Department of Cultural Anthropology Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Louise Meintjes, Supervisor ___________________________ Engseng Ho ___________________________ Charles Piot ___________________________ Priscilla Wald Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Cultural Anthropology in the Graduate School of Duke University 2016 ABSTRACT The Dream Refinery: Psychics, Spirituality and Hollywood in Los Angeles by Spencer Dwight Orey Department of Cultural Anthropology Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Louise Meintjes, Supervisor ___________________________ Engseng Ho ___________________________ Charles Piot ___________________________ Priscilla Wald An abstract of a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Cultural Anthropology in the Graduate School of Duke University 2016 Copyright by Spencer Dwight Orey 2016 Abstract This ethnography examines the relationship between mass-mediated aspirations and spiritual practice in Los Angeles. Creative workers like actors, producers, and writers come to L.A. to pursue dreams of stardom, especially in the Hollywood film and television media industries. For most, a “big break” into their chosen field remains perpetually out of reach despite their constant efforts. Expensive workshops like acting classes, networking events, and chance encounters are seen as keys to Hollywood success. Within this world, rumors swirl of big breaks for devotees in the city’s spiritual and religious organizations. For others, it is in consultations with local spiritual advisors like professional psychics that they navigate everyday decisions of how to achieve success in Hollywood. -
Beyond and Back to the Black-White Binary: Muslims and Race-Making in the United States
BEYOND AND BACK TO THE BLACK-WHITE BINARY: MUSLIMS AND RACE-MAKING IN THE UNITED STATES Atiya Husain A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Sociology. Chapel Hill 2017 Approved by: Karolyn D. Tyson Charles Kurzman Andrew Perrin Linda Burton Matthew W. Hughey © 2017 Atiya Husain ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ii ABSTRACT Atiya Husain: Beyond and Back to the Black-White Binary: Muslims and Race-Making in the United States (Under the direction of: Dr. Karolyn D. Tyson) Scholars tracing the history of the concept of “race” refer briefly to how religion was the primary way of conceiving of difference among peoples in the premodern era. Basic western binaries like Christian/heathen and civilized/savage coalesced into the contemporary black-white binary. Moments like 9/11 and the consequent “racialization of Muslims” have brought this historic relationship between race and religion to the fore. To understand the post-9/11 moment, Muslim racialization literature argues that a new de facto racial group emerged after 9/11, but does not examine how this group fits into the existing black-white binary based US racial structure. Literature on the black-white binary meanwhile offers valuable theory for analysis of racial structures, yet overlooks the role religion has played in building these structures. This study fills these gaps in the literatures on Muslim racialization and the black-white racial binary by situating Muslims in the US relative to the black-white racial order. -
SEPTEMBER 2015 St. Mel's Cathedral Longford, Ireland Cover
THE DIAPASON SEPTEMBER 2015 St. Mel’s Cathedral Longford, Ireland Cover feature on pages 26–27 Anthony & Beard James David Christie Peter Richard Conte Lynne Davis Isabelle Demers Clive Driskill-Smith Jeremy Filsell Michael Hey Christopher Houlihan David Hurd Paul Jacobs Simon Thomas Jacobs Martin Jean Huw Lewis Bruce Neswick Organized Rhythm Raúl Prieto Ramírez Jean-Baptiste Robin Benjamin Sheen Herndon Spillman (860)-560-7800 PO Box 6507, Detroit, MI 48206-6507 Detroit, 6507, PO Box Phillip Truckenbrod - [email protected] Truckenbrod Phillip WWW.CONCERTARTISTS.COM Charles Miller, President - [email protected] President Miller, Charles Carole Terry Bradley Welch The Chenaults Duo MusArt THE DIAPASON Editor’s Notebook Scranton Gillette Communications One Hundred Sixth Year: No. 9, In this issue Whole No. 1270 In this issue we focus on composers. Edie Johnson intro- SEPTEMBER 2015 duces us to the organ works of Pamela Decker (whose record- Established in 1909 ing of some of her works was reviewed by David McKinney Joyce Robinson ISSN 0012-2378 in the June issue of The Diapason). Decker’s works refl ect a 847/391-1044; [email protected] myriad of infl uences, including the music of Olivier Messiaen. www.TheDiapason.com An International Monthly Devoted to the Organ, Ann Labounsky discusses two new books, which deal with the Harpsichord, Carillon, and Church Music recent research on Charles Tournemire and the life and music As we go to press we have learned of the untimely death of of Olivier Messiaen. These volumes would make worthwhile John Scott. Further information will appear in our next issue. -
Theorizing the Racial Ambiguity of South Asian Americans
nys69-1_cv_nys69-1_cv 10/15/2014 7:32 AM Page 7 Reprinted from the New York University Annual Survey of American Law DESICRIT: THEORIZING THE RACIAL AMBIGUITY OF SOUTH ASIAN AMERICANS Vinay Harpalani Volume 69 Issue 1 2013 35559-nys_69-1 Sheet No. 45 Side A 10/20/2014 11:50:05 \\jciprod01\productn\N\NYS\69-1\NYS108.txt unknown Seq: 1 15-OCT-14 10:41 DESICRIT: THEORIZING THE RACIAL AMBIGUITY OF SOUTH ASIAN AMERICANS VINAY HARPALANI* ABSTRACT This Article analyzes the racial ambiguity of South Asian Amer- icans—peoples whose ancestry derives from the Indian subconti- nent—and has two major aims. First, it provides a comprehensive account of the racialization of South Asian Americans (Desi) a group that legal scholars have not considered at any length in the * Associate Professor of Law, Savannah Law School. J.D. 2009, N.Y.U. School of Law; Ph.D. 2005, University of Pennsylvania. In 2013, I presented this Article at the Yale Law School Critical Race Theory Conference, the Advanced Critical Race Theory Workshop at UCLA School of Law, and the Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty. Much earlier versions were presented at the Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory, Inc. (LatCrit) XIII conference, the annual meetings of the Law and Society Association and the American Sociological Association, the “Can ‘People of Color’ Become a United Coalition” Symposium at N.Y.U. School of Law, “Global and Local Dimensions of Asian America: An International Conference on Asian Diasporas” at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Asian American Studies Colloquium and the Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development Proseminar at the University of Pennsylvania.