Buddhism and American cinema
John Whalen-Bridge: Some (Hollywood) versions of enlightenment -- Representation and intention. Hanh Ngoc Nguyen and R.C. Lutz: Buddhism and authenticity in Oliver Stone's Heaven and earth -- Eve mullen: Buddhism, children, and the childlike in American Buddhist films -- Jiayan Mi and Jason C....
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Albany
State University of New York Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Series/Journal: | SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Film
/ Buddhism
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Motion Pictures History and criticism United States B Buddhism in motion pictures B Motion Pictures (United States) History and criticism B Motion Pictures Religious aspects Buddhism United States Criticism, interpretation, etc B Motion Pictures Religious aspects Buddhism B Motion Pictures |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Whalen-Bridge, John: Buddhism and American cinema |
| Summary: | John Whalen-Bridge: Some (Hollywood) versions of enlightenment -- Representation and intention. Hanh Ngoc Nguyen and R.C. Lutz: Buddhism and authenticity in Oliver Stone's Heaven and earth -- Eve mullen: Buddhism, children, and the childlike in American Buddhist films -- Jiayan Mi and Jason C. Toncic: Consuming Tibet: Imperial romance and the wretched of holy plateau -- Felicia Chan: Politics into aesthetics: cultural translation in Kundun, Seven years in Tibet and The cup -- Allegories of shadow and light. Jennifer l. McMahon and B. Steve Csaki: Momentarily lost: finding the moment in Lost in translation -- Richard C. Anderson and David A. Harper: Dying to be free: the emergence of "American militant Buddhism" in popular culture -- Karsten J. Struhl: Buddhism, our desperation, and American cinema -- Devin Harner: Christian allegory, Buddhism and Bardo in Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko -- David l. Smith: "Beautiful necessities": American beauty and the idea of freedom -- Postscript -- Gary Gach: Afterword: on being luminous |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XV, 257 S., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4384-5349-1 1-4384-5349-3 |
