Virtual orientalism : Asian religions and American popular culture

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    • Iwamura, Jane Naomi

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Virtual orientalism : Asian religions and American popular culture

Jane Naomi Iwamura

Oxford University Press, 2011

  • : pbk
  • : hardback

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Bibliography: p. [193]-204

Includes index

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内容説明

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.

目次

  • 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

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