Start Date
14-12-2022 11:25 AM
Description
For decades, Asian American Buddhists have faced discrimination within America based on how they practice and how they look. Within American Buddhist sanghas many Asian Americans have felt excluded despite having strong ties to Buddhism or even having practiced the religion their whole lives. Part of the problem behind why this happens is due to how Buddhists of color are represented in media but specifically in film. Films offer insight into different worlds and lives and if it is done well people can learn from it but if it is done poorly, the effects can be extremely negative. Throughout the years Buddhists of color have been represented well and also represented poorly in film which has contributed to the perception of Asian American Buddhists in many ways. How exactly their perception has been impacted is what this research aims to find.
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Effects of Representation and Misrepresentation of Asian American Buddhists in Film
For decades, Asian American Buddhists have faced discrimination within America based on how they practice and how they look. Within American Buddhist sanghas many Asian Americans have felt excluded despite having strong ties to Buddhism or even having practiced the religion their whole lives. Part of the problem behind why this happens is due to how Buddhists of color are represented in media but specifically in film. Films offer insight into different worlds and lives and if it is done well people can learn from it but if it is done poorly, the effects can be extremely negative. Throughout the years Buddhists of color have been represented well and also represented poorly in film which has contributed to the perception of Asian American Buddhists in many ways. How exactly their perception has been impacted is what this research aims to find.
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Dr. Eric Haruki Swanson