Książka Virtual Orientalism Jane Iwamura

Virtual Orientalism

Asian Religions and American Popular Culture

Autor: Jane Iwamura
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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230.10
Saffron-robed monks and long-haired gurus have become familiar characters on the American pop cultur...

Informacje o książce

Autor
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2011
strony
232
EAN
9780199738618
ISBN
0199738610
Enbook ID
04535328
Waga
342
Wymiary
156 x 234 x 13

Pełny opis

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.

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