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Iwamura

Virtual Orientalism

Asian Religions and American Popular Culture

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-19-973861-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Erscheinungstermin: 01.01.2011
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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: 9780199738618
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-19-973861-8
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Erscheinungstermin: 01.01.2011
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2011
  • Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
  • Gewicht: 360 g
  • Seiten: 232
  • Format (B x H x T): 156 x 234 x 13 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

- Acknowledgements- Introduction- Zen's Personality - D.T. Suzuki- Hyperreal Samadhi - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi- The Monk Goes Hollywood - Kung Fu- Conclusion - Spiritual Romance Today- Bibliography- Index