The Grey Matters
The Use and Abuse of East/West Taxonomies
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https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v44i2.26097Keywords:
BuddhismAbstract
In my 2013 Bulletin blog post on the categorization of religious traditions as eastern or western I focused on my work as an academic studying Tibetan Buddhism in North America and my experiences teaching eastern religions to students at a post-secondary institution in the United States. Expanding on my earlier contribution, here I focus my attention on the challenges and responses related to the east/west taxonomies in the context of my research and teaching.
References
Anand, Dibyesh. 2000. “(Re)imagining Nationalism: Identity and Representation in the Tibetan Diaspora of South Asia.” Contemporary South Asia 9: 271–87. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713658756.
Dorjee, Tenzin, and Howard Giles. 2005. “Cultural Identity in Tibetan Diaspora.” Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 26 (2):: 138–57. doi: http:// dx.doi.org/10.1080/01434630508668401.
Haynes, Sarah F. 2010. “A Relationship of Reciprocity: Globalization, Skillful Means, and Tibetan Buddhism in Canada.” In Wild Geese: Studies of Buddhism in Canada, edited by John S. Harding, Victor So?gen Hori, and Alexander Soucy, 321–45. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
———. 2012. “The Re-Imagination of Tibet: Ritual Adaptation in the Tibetan Diaspora.” In Re-imagining South Asian Religions: Essays in Honour of Professors Harold G. Coward and Ronald W. Neufeldt, edited by Pashaura Singh and Michael Hawley, 155-–70. Leiden: Brill.
———. 2014. “Shaping Images of Tibet: Negotiating the Diaspora through Ritual, Art, and Film.” In Flowers on the Rock: Global and Local Buddhisms in Canada, edited by John S. Harding, Victor So?gen Hori, and Alexander Soucy, 287–309. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Iwamura, Jane Naomi. 2011. Virtual Orientalism: Asian Religions and American Popular Culture. New York: Oxford Un
Dorjee, Tenzin, and Howard Giles. 2005. “Cultural Identity in Tibetan Diaspora.” Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 26 (2):: 138–57. doi: http:// dx.doi.org/10.1080/01434630508668401.
Haynes, Sarah F. 2010. “A Relationship of Reciprocity: Globalization, Skillful Means, and Tibetan Buddhism in Canada.” In Wild Geese: Studies of Buddhism in Canada, edited by John S. Harding, Victor So?gen Hori, and Alexander Soucy, 321–45. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
———. 2012. “The Re-Imagination of Tibet: Ritual Adaptation in the Tibetan Diaspora.” In Re-imagining South Asian Religions: Essays in Honour of Professors Harold G. Coward and Ronald W. Neufeldt, edited by Pashaura Singh and Michael Hawley, 155-–70. Leiden: Brill.
———. 2014. “Shaping Images of Tibet: Negotiating the Diaspora through Ritual, Art, and Film.” In Flowers on the Rock: Global and Local Buddhisms in Canada, edited by John S. Harding, Victor So?gen Hori, and Alexander Soucy, 287–309. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Iwamura, Jane Naomi. 2011. Virtual Orientalism: Asian Religions and American Popular Culture. New York: Oxford Un
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2015-07-14
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Haynes, S. (2015). The Grey Matters: The Use and Abuse of East/West Taxonomies. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 44(2), 8-10. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v44i2.26097
