Buddhism and American cinema / 
edited by John Whalen-Bridge and Gary Storhoff ; foreword by Danny Rubin. 
 - 1 online resource 
 - SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture .
 - SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1438453515 (electronic bk.) 9781438453514 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buddhism in motion pictures.<br/>Motion pictures--Religious aspects--Buddhism.<br/>Motion pictures--History and criticism.--United States<br/>PERFORMING ARTS / Reference
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1995.9.B795  / B79 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/682943