Virtual Orientalism


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Virtual Orientalism


Virtual Orientalism
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Author : Jane Naomi Iwamura
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011

Virtual Orientalism written by Jane Naomi Iwamura and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.


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.



Virtual Orientalism In Brazilian Culture


Virtual Orientalism In Brazilian Culture
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Author : E. King
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-02-05

Virtual Orientalism In Brazilian Culture written by E. King and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-05 with Social Science categories.


Orientalist discourses in Brazilian culture are an expression of anxieties about the re-structuring of time and space in the network age. The book examines engagements with Japanese postmodern culture in Brazil, which emerge in relation to the history of Japanese immigration and through a series of European and North American discursive mediations.



Virtual Orientalism In Brazilian Culture


Virtual Orientalism In Brazilian Culture
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Author : E. King
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-02-05

Virtual Orientalism In Brazilian Culture written by E. King and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-05 with Social Science categories.


Orientalist discourses in Brazilian culture are an expression of anxieties about the re-structuring of time and space in the network age. The book examines engagements with Japanese postmodern culture in Brazil, which emerge in relation to the history of Japanese immigration and through a series of European and North American discursive mediations.



Handbook Of Research On Contemporary Approaches To Orientalism In Media And Beyond


Handbook Of Research On Contemporary Approaches To Orientalism In Media And Beyond
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Author : Tombul, I??l
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2021-05-28

Handbook Of Research On Contemporary Approaches To Orientalism In Media And Beyond written by Tombul, I??l and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-28 with Social Science categories.


Orientalism is about much more than just information gathered about the East within its general postcolonial period. In this period, orientalism is a Western discourse that dominated and shaped the view of the East. There is “otherization” in the way the West has historically looked at the East and within the information presented about it. These original stories of travelers in the past and previous telling about the East are facing a reconstruction through modern types of media. Cinema, television, news, newspaper, magazine, internet, social media, photography, literature, and more are transforming the way the East is presented and viewed. Under the headings of post-orientalism, neo-orientalism, or self-orientalism, these new orientalist forms of work in combination with both new and traditional media are redefining orientalism in the media and beyond. The Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond shows how both new media and traditional media deal with orientalism today through the presentation of gender, race, religion, and culture that make up orientalist theory. The chapters focus on how orientalism is presented in the media, cinema, TV, photography, and more. This book is ideal for communications theorists, media analysts, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students working in fields that include mass media, communications, film studies, ethnic studies, history, sociology, and cultural studies.



Orientalism


Orientalism
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Author : Edward W. Said
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2014-10-01

Orientalism written by Edward W. Said and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-01 with Social Science categories.


More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East has become a modern classic. In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding. Essential, and still eye-opening, Orientalism remains one of the most important books written about our divided world.



The Virtual Ninja Manifesto


The Virtual Ninja Manifesto
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Author : Chris Goto-Jones
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2016-09-13

The Virtual Ninja Manifesto written by Chris Goto-Jones and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-13 with Philosophy categories.


Draws on the traditions of the martial arts to ask whether playing violent videogames actually transform gamers into better people.



Cyber Zen


Cyber Zen
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Author : Gregory Price Grieve
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-12-08

Cyber Zen written by Gregory Price Grieve and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-08 with Religion categories.


Cyber Zen ethnographically explores Buddhist practices in the online virtual world of Second Life. Does typing at a keyboard and moving avatars around the screen, however, count as real Buddhism? If authentic practices must mimic the actual world, then Second Life Buddhism does not. In fact, a critical investigation reveals that online Buddhist practices have at best only a family resemblance to canonical Asian traditions and owe much of their methods to the late twentieth-century field of cybernetics. If, however, they are judged existentially, by how they enable users to respond to the suffering generated by living in a highly mediated consumer society, then Second Life Buddhism consists of authentic spiritual practices. Cyber Zen explores how Second Life Buddhist enthusiasts form communities, identities, locations, and practices that are both products of and authentic responses to contemporary Network Consumer Society. Gregory Price Grieve illustrates that to some extent all religion has always been virtual and gives a glimpse of possible future alternative forms of religion.



Religion And Popular Culture In America Third Edition


Religion And Popular Culture In America Third Edition
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Author : Bruce David Forbes
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2017-03-01

Religion And Popular Culture In America Third Edition written by Bruce David Forbes and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-01 with Religion categories.


The connection between popular culture and religion is an enduring part of American life. With seventy-five percent new content, the third edition of this multifaceted and popular collection has been revised and updated throughout to provide greater religious diversity in its topics and address critical developments in the study of religion and popular culture. Ideal for classroom use, this expanded volume gives increased attention to the implications of digital culture and the increasingly interactive quality of popular culture provides a framework to help students understand and appreciate the work in diverse fields, methods, and perspectives contains an updated introduction, discussion questions, and other instructional tools



The Making Of American Buddhism


The Making Of American Buddhism
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Author : Scott A. Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023

The Making Of American Buddhism written by Scott A. Mitchell and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Buddhism categories.


As of 2010, there were approximately 3-4 million Buddhists in the United States, and that figure is expected to grow significantly. Beyond the numbers, the influence of Buddhism can be felt throughout the culture, with many more people practicing meditation, for example, than claiming Buddhist identity. A century ago, this would have been unthinkable. So how did Buddhism come to claim such a significant place in the American cultural landscape? The Making of American Buddhism offers an answer, showing how in the years on either side of World War II second-generation Japanese American Buddhists laid claim to an American identity inclusive of their religious identity. In the process they-and their allies-created a place for Buddhism in America. These sons and daughters of Japanese immigrants-known as "Nisei," Japanese for "second-generation"-clustered around the Berkeley Bussei, a magazine published from 1939 to 1960. In the pages of the Bussei and elsewhere, these Nisei Buddhists argued that Buddhism was both what made them good Americans and what they had to contribute to America-a rational and scientific religion of peace. The Making of American Buddhism also details the behind-the-scenes labor that made Buddhist modernism possible. The Bussei was one among many projects that were embedded within Japanese American Buddhist communities and connected to national and transnational networks that shaped and allowed for the spread of modernist Buddhist ideas. In creating communities, publishing magazines, and hosting scholarly conventions and translation projects, Nisei Buddhists built the religious infrastructure that allowed the later Buddhist modernists, Beat poets, and white converts who are often credited with popularizing Buddhism to flourish. Nisei activists didn't invent American Buddhism, but they made it possible.



The Assimilation Of Yogic Religions Through Pop Culture


The Assimilation Of Yogic Religions Through Pop Culture
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Author : Paul G. Hackett
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2017-10-23

The Assimilation Of Yogic Religions Through Pop Culture written by Paul G. Hackett and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-23 with Social Science categories.


This volume presents case studies in the shifting representations of yogic themes and figures in worldwide popular culture from the middle of the nineteenth century to contemporary times. The authors analyze everything from comic books and novels to television, movies, and theater as they portray yogis and their esoteric practices.