Virtual Orientalism Asian Religions and American Popular Culture

Name: Virtual Orientalism Asian Religions and American Popular Culture
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ISBN: 9780199738618

ISBN-10: 0199738610

ISBN-13: 9780199738618

Edition: 2011

Authors: Jane Iwamura

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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…

Book details

List price: $41.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/14/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Introduction



Zen's Personality




Hyperreal Samadhi




The Monk Goes Hollywood




Conclusion Spiritual Romance Today


Notes


Bibliography


Index