Zen in Brazil : the quest for cosmopolitan modernity / Cristina Rocha.
Zen in Brazil : the quest for cosmopolitan modernity / Cristina Rocha.
Zen in Brazil : the quest for cosmopolitan modernity / Cristina Rocha.
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Publisher
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N294.3927/ 48
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English
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Physical content
xii, 256 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. The Japanese-Brazilian junction : establishing Zen missions -- 2. Non-Japanese Brazilians and the Orientalist shaping of Zen -- 3. The Brazilian religious field : where does Zen fit in? -- 4. The Brazilian imaginary of Zen : global influences, rhizomatic forms -- 5. Doing Zen, being Zen : Creoliz...
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Publisher
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2006.
Place of Publication
Hawaii
Date Published
2006.
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Summary
"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. Despite national media attention, the rapidly expanding Brazilian market for Buddhist books and events, and general interest in the globalization of Buddhism, the Brazilia...
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Zen in Brazil : the quest for cosmopolitan modernity / Cristina Rocha.
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Topics in comtemporary Buddhism.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N294.3927/ 48
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74VKvD6ExpeX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKvD6ExpeX
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082482976X :
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294.39270981
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991021422819702626
