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Race and religion in American Buddhism : white supremacy and immigrant adaptation / Joseph Cheah.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cheah, Joseph.
- Series:
- American Academy of Religion academy series
- AAR academy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--United States.
- Buddhism.
- Racism--United States.
- Racism.
- Burmese Americans.
- Social conditions.
- United States.
- Race relations--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Race relations.
- Burmese Americans--Social conditions.
- United States--Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 178 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Colonial legacy of white supremacy in American Buddhism
- Buddhist modernism and the American vipassana movement
- Adaptation of vipassana meditation by convert Buddhists and sympathizers
- Assimilationist paradigm and Burmese Americans
- Monastic and domestic settings
- Burmese loyalty structure of the dual domination paradigm
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199756285
- 0199756287
- OCLC:
- 701494892
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