Zen in Brazil : the quest for cosmopolitan modernity /

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Widely perceived as an overwhelmingly Catholic nation, Brazil has experienced in recent years a growth in the popularity of Buddhism among the urban, cosmopolitan upper classes. In the 1990s Buddhism in general and Zen in particular were adopted by national elites, the media, and popular culture as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rocha, Cristina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2006.
Colección:Topics in contemporary Buddhism.
Temas:
Geschichte 1950-2000.
Zen Buddhism > Brazil > History.
Japanese > Brazil > Religion.
Zen Buddhism > Japan > History.
Bouddhisme zen > Brésil > Histoire.
Bouddhisme zen > Japon > Histoire.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
PHILOSOPHY > Zen.
Japanese > Religion
Zen Buddhism
Zen-Buddhismus
Zen-Buddhismus.
Brazil
Japan
Brasilien
Japaner.
Brasilien.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Japanese-Brazilian junction: establishing Zen missions
  • Non-Japanese Brazilians and the orientalist shaping of Zen
  • The Brazilian religious field: where does Zen fit in?
  • The Brazilian imaginary of Zen: global influences, rhizomatic forms
  • Doing Zen, being Zen: creolizing "ethnic" and "convert" Buddhism
  • Conclusion: translocal flows: the "meditodrome" as a Zen style of governing.

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