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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.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Cultural studies

• Pełny tytuł: Virtual Orientalism
• Podtytuł: Asian Religions and American Popular Culture
• Autor: Jane Iwamura
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 232
• EAN: 9780199738618
• ISBN: 0199738610
• ID: 04535328
• Wydawca: Oxford University Press Inc
• Waga: 342 g
• Wymiary: 234 × 156 × 13 mm
• Data wydania: 24. February 2011

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