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Race and religion in American Buddhism : white supremacy and immigrant adaptation
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- Creator
- Joseph Cheah
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- ix, 178 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780199756285, 0199756287
- OCLC
- ocn701494892
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-169) and index.
- 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 and the dual domination paradigm -- Conclusion