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THE ASSIMILATION OF YOGIC RELIGIONS THROUGH POP CULTURE
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| By: |
Paul G. Hackett (Editor), David Gordon White (Foreword) |
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Hardback |
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£99.00 |
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£89.10 |
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£9.90 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1498552293 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781498552295 |
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| Publisher: |
LEXINGTON BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2018 |
| Pages: |
318 |
| Description: |
This volume presents case studies in the shifting representations of yogic themes and figures in worldwide popular culture from the middle of the nineteenth century to contemporary times. The authors analyze everything from comic books and novels to television, movies, and theater as they portray yogis and their esoteric practices. |
| Synopsis: |
The image of the meditating yogi has become a near-universal symbol for transcendent perfection used to market everything from perfume and jewelry to luxury resorts and sports cars, and popular culture has readily absorbed them as well along similar lines. Yet the religious traditions grounding such images are often readily abandoned or caricatured beyond recognition, or so it would seem. The essays contained in The Assimilation of Yogic Religions through Pop Culture explore the references to yogis, and their native cultures of India and Tibet as they are found in the stories of many famous icons of popular culture from Batman, Spider-man, and Doctor Strange to Star Trek, Doctor Who, Twin Peaks, and others. In doing so, the authors challenge the reader to look deeper into the seemingly superficial appropriation of the image of the yogi and Asian religious themes to be found in all manner of comic books, novels, television, movies, and theater, and to examine carefully how they are being represented and what exactly is being said. |
| Illustrations: |
16 Illustrations, black and white |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Lexington Books |
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Non-returnable |
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