Silver screen Buddha : Buddhism in Asian and Western film / Sharon A. Suh.
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TextPublisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc, 2015Description: viii, 218 pages : illustrationsISBN: 9781441189257 (HB); 9781441105363 (PB); 9781474217835; 9781474217842Subject(s): Buddhism in motion pictures | Motion picturesDDC classification: 791.43/682943
Contents:
Introduction: Buddhism and film -- Longing for otherness through Buddhism -- Zen appetites: consuming religion and otherness through film -- Plus "a change, plus c'est la meme chose": women as snares of Samsara -- Coming down from the mountaintop: engaged Buddhism in the world -- The ordinary as extraordinary -- Film as sutra -- Toward a re-visioning of the role of lay women in Buddhism -- Conclusion: re-creating the Buddhist world anew but in whose image?.
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Lagos Study Centre | PN1995.9 B795 .S85 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0815068 |
Introduction: Buddhism and film -- Longing for otherness through Buddhism -- Zen appetites: consuming religion and otherness through film -- Plus "a change, plus c'est la meme chose": women as snares of Samsara -- Coming down from the mountaintop: engaged Buddhism in the world -- The ordinary as extraordinary -- Film as sutra -- Toward a re-visioning of the role of lay women in Buddhism -- Conclusion: re-creating the Buddhist world anew but in whose image?.
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