The Tranquil Meditator: Representing Buddhism and Buddhists in US Popular Media
From Buddha statues in home decor to meditating figures in advertising, film, and television, images of Buddhism proliferate in US popular media. This paper reflects on the relative lack of sustained critical examinations of these representations while offering an approach to future studies based, i...
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Religion compass
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