{"product_id":"9781441105363","title":"Silver Screen Buddha Buddhism in Asian and Western Film","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSilver Screen Buddha\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBuddhism in Asian and Western Film\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSharon A. Suh\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Faith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow 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 films and why?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilver Screen Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to explore the intersecting representations of Buddhism, race, and gender in contemporary films. Sharon A. Suh examines the cinematic encounter with Buddhism that has flourished in Asia and in the West in the past century – from images of Shangri-La in Frank Capra's 1937 \u003ci\u003eLost Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e to Kim Ki-Duk's 2003 international box office success \u003ci\u003eSpring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book helps readers see that representations of Buddhism in Asia and in the West are fraught with political, gendered, and racist undertones. \u003ci\u003eSilver Screen Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e draws significant attention to ordinary lay Buddhism, a form of the tradition given little play in popular film.  By uncovering the differences between a fictionalized, commodified, and exoticized Buddhism, \u003ci\u003eSilver Screen Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e brings to light expressions of the tradition that highlight laity and women, on the one hand, and Asian and Asian Americans, on the other.  Suh engages in a re-visioning of Buddhism that expands the popular understanding of the tradition, moving from the dominance of meditating monks to the everyday world of raced, gendered, and embodied lay Buddhists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSharon A. Suh\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Seattle University, USA.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 March 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781441105363\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e232\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53099335516300,"sku":"9781441105363","price":40.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_d130282c-1998-453d-b4a6-02f8667a51d6.jpg?v=1787139341","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781441105363","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}