Asian religions and American popular cultureIwamura, Jane Naomi.creatortextbibliographyElectronic booksHistory.nyuNew YorkOxford University Press2011monographiceng1 online resource (xi, 214 pages) : illustrationsJane 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.Introduction -- Zen's personality -- Hyperreal Samadhi -- The monk goes Hollywood.Jane Naomi Iwamura.Includes bibliographical references and index.Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDLElectronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDLMaster and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDLdigitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDLn-us---a------Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro1870-1966InfluenceMaharishi Mahesh YogiInfluenceInfluenceMaharishi Mahesh YogiSuzuki, Daisetz Teitaro1870-1966Suzuki, Daisetz TeitaroMaharischi Mahesch JogiUnited StatesReligion20th centuryMonasticism and religious ordersAsiaInfluenceOrientalismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPopular cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPopular cultureReligious aspectsHistory20th centuryRELIGIONHistoryTRAVELSpecial InterestReligiousInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)Monasticism and religious ordersInfluenceOrientalismPopular culturePopular cultureReligious aspectsReligionAsiaUnited StatesOriëntalismeIndische godsdienstenVerenigde StatenReligiositätPop-KulturBuddhismusHinduismusÖstliche PhilosophieRezeptionUSA 1900-1999 fast BL2525 .I92 2011eb200.95/0973Iwamura, Jane Naomi.New York : Oxford University Press, 2011(DLC) 2010017575(OCoLC)613293394978019979231301997923139780199894604019989460497866129416656612941669294166 MILhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=349678http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=349678Use copy MiAaHDLN$T11010520200709055322.0ocn695029603eng