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Virtual Orientalism - Jane Iwamura

Virtual Orientalism

Asian Religions and American Popular Culture

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Buch | Hardcover
232 Seiten
2011
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-973860-1 (ISBN)
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Jane Iwamura examines contemporary fascination with Eastern spirituality and provides a cultural history of the representation of Asian religions in American mass media. At the heart of her study is the Oriental Monk, a non-sexual, solitary, conventionalized icon who generously and purposefully shares his wisdom with the West.
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.

Jane Iwamura is Assistant Professor, School of Religion and Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag 24.2.2011
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 231 x 160 mm
Gewicht 454 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Buddhismus
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Hinduismus
Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10 0-19-973860-2 / 0199738602
ISBN-13 978-0-19-973860-1 / 9780199738601
Zustand Neuware
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