Jane Naomi Iwamura
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 574945 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jane Naomi Iwamura |
| PRENOMES | Jane Naomi |
| SOBRENOME | Iwamura |
| ASSINATURA | IWAMURA J N |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Jane Naomi Iwamura is Associate Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of the West. |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1996 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2014 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Reflections on the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's Asian Americans
This article examines the background behind the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's 2012 report, Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths. The authors discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the study, particularly the way certain questions and categories of analysis in the survey were framed. In particular, the article notes how Asian American Muslims and Sikhs were marginalized in the survey and the report of its results
Virtual Orientalism
Saffron-robed monks and long-haired gurus have become familiar characters on the American popular culture scene. This book examines the contemporary fascination with Eastern spirituality and provides a cultural history of the representation of Asian religions in American mass media. Initial engagements with Asian spiritual heritages were mediated by monks, gurus, bhikkhus, sages, sifus, healers, and masters from a wide variety of ethnic backgroun…
Critical Faith
This article examines the development of a Japanese American civil religion that intimately links Japanese Americans to public life. Historical trials, especially that of internment, has forged a strong sense of racial-ethnic identity, cultural memory, and social justice that have been carried forward in institutions, such as the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians hearings, the Japanese American National Museum, and the …
Teaching Texts
Teaching TextsInstitution and Discipline, Part 2 Yoonmee Chang (bio), Crystal Parikh (bio), Jane Naomi Iwamura (bio), and Kent Ono (bio) Introduction Yoonmee Chang In the last issue of JAAS, we began a discussion about the institutional place of Asian American Studies (AAS). A group of Asian Americanists from universities with limited resources and few Asian Americans on campus and in the local communities talked about the challenges, new and fam…
Critical Reflections on Asian American Religious Identity
Virtual Orientalism
Saffron-robed monks and long-haired gurus have become familiar characters on the American popular culture scene. This book examines the contemporary fascination with Eastern spirituality and provides a cultural history of the representation of Asian religions in American mass media. Initial engagements with Asian spiritual heritages were mediated by monks, gurus, bhikkhus, sages, sifus, healers, and masters from a wide variety of ethnic backgroun…
Critical Faith
This article examines the development of a Japanese American civil religion that intimately links Japanese Americans to public life. Historical trials, especially that of internment, has forged a strong sense of racial-ethnic identity, cultural memory, and social justice that have been carried forward in institutions, such as the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians hearings, the Japanese American National Museum, and the …
Reflections on the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's Asian Americans
This article examines the background behind the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's 2012 report, Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths. The authors discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the study, particularly the way certain questions and categories of analysis in the survey were framed. In particular, the article notes how Asian American Muslims and Sikhs were marginalized in the survey and the report of its results
Critical Reflections on Asian American Religious Identity
Teaching Texts
Teaching TextsInstitution and Discipline, Part 2 Yoonmee Chang (bio), Crystal Parikh (bio), Jane Naomi Iwamura (bio), and Kent Ono (bio) Introduction Yoonmee Chang In the last issue of JAAS, we began a discussion about the institutional place of Asian American Studies (AAS). A group of Asian Americanists from universities with limited resources and few Asian Americans on campus and in the local communities talked about the challenges, new and fam…
Critical Faith
This article examines the development of a Japanese American civil religion that intimately links Japanese Americans to public life. Historical trials, especially that of internment, has forged a strong sense of racial-ethnic identity, cultural memory, and social justice that have been carried forward in institutions, such as the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians hearings, the Japanese American National Museum, and the …
Virtual Orientalism
Saffron-robed monks and long-haired gurus have become familiar characters on the American popular culture scene. This book examines the contemporary fascination with Eastern spirituality and provides a cultural history of the representation of Asian religions in American mass media. Initial engagements with Asian spiritual heritages were mediated by monks, gurus, bhikkhus, sages, sifus, healers, and masters from a wide variety of ethnic backgroun…
Reflections on the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's Asian Americans
This article examines the background behind the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's 2012 report, Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths. The authors discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the study, particularly the way certain questions and categories of analysis in the survey were framed. In particular, the article notes how Asian American Muslims and Sikhs were marginalized in the survey and the report of its results
Sociology (5 obras) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Gender Studies (3 obras) · Gender Studies (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Aesthetics (2 obras)