Saffron-robed monks and long-haired gurus have become familiar characters on the American pop culture scene. Jane Iwamura examines the contemporary fascination with Eastern spirituality and provides a cultural history of the representation of Asian religions in American mass media. Initial engagements with Asian spiritual heritages were mediated by monks, gurus, bhikkhus, sages, sifus, healers, and masters from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds and religious traditions. Virtual Orientalism shows the evolution of these interactions, from direct engagements with specific individuals, to mediated relations with a conventionalized icon. Visually and psychically compelling, the Oriental Monk becomes for Americans a ''figure of translation'' - a convenient symbol for alternative spiritualities and modes of being. Through the figure of the non-sexual, solitary Monk, who generously and purposefully shares his wisdom with the West, Asian religiosity is made manageable - psychologically, socially, and politically - for American popular culture.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780199738601
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-19-973860-1
- Verlag: ACADEMIC
- Erscheinungstermin: 29.08.2013
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2013
- Produktform: Gebunden, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 511 g
- Seiten: 232
- Format (B x H x T): 161 x 240 x 17 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Themen
- Sozialwissenschaften
- Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit
- Spezielle Soziologie
- Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
- Geisteswissenschaften
- Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste
- Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
- Geisteswissenschaften
- Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste
- Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
