عنوان

Buddhism and American cinema /

(Number (ISBN

1438453493

(Number (ISBN

9781438453491

Number

b419068

Title Proper

Buddhism and American cinema /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by John Whalen-Bridge and Gary Storhoff ; foreword by Danny Rubin

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xv, 257 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

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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Buddhism in motion pictures

Motion pictures-- Religious aspects-- Buddhism

Motion pictures-- United States-- History and criticism

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Storhoff, Gary,1947-

Whalen-Bridge, John,1961-

Date of Transaction

20140912231640.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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