Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film by Sharon A. Suh

Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film

Sharon A. Suh

232 pages first pub 2015 (view editions)

challenging informative slow-paced
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How do contemporary films depict Buddhists and Buddhism? What aspects of the Buddhist tradition are these films keeping from our view? By repeatedly romanticizing the meditating monk, what kinds of Buddhisms and Buddhists are missing in these film...

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