Religion and media in China : insights and case studies from the mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Other Authors: Travagnin, Stefania (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Series:Routledge research in religion, media and culture ; 7.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : religion and media in China : volume objectives, challenges and themes / Stefania Travagnin
  • Part one. Media translations of religion in China : history, concepts and methods. Beyond the conceptual framework of oppression and resistance : creativity, religion and the Internet in China / Samuel Lengen
  • Regarding the interplay of popular media and religion in Hong Kong / Yam Chi-Keung
  • Charting religion and media in Taiwan : media expressions of faith as (pluri)identity markers in the democratization era / Stefania Travagnin
  • Part two. Religious media and religion in secular media : case studies from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Eminence and edutainment : Xingyun and Daoxin as television celebrities / Scott Pacey
  • From woman warrior to good wife : Confucian influences on the portrayal of women in China's television drama / Manya Koetse
  • WeChat together about the Buddha : the construction of sacred space and religious community in Shanghai through social media / Weishan Huang.
  • Engaging with a post-totalitarian state : Buddhism online in China / André Lalibreté
  • Buddhist blogs in mainland China and Taiwan : discussing Buddhist approaches to technology / Beverley McGuire
  • Three high-profile Protestant microbloggers in contemporary China : expanding public discourse or burrowing into religious niches on Weibo? / Carsten Vala and Huang Jianbo
  • Digital Islam across the greater China : connecting virtual Ummah to the Chinese-speaking Muslim netizens / Ho Wai-Yip
  • The master said, the master sold? : uses and misuses of the Confucius icon in Chinese commercial advertising / Giovanna Puppin
  • Dharma in motion pictures : Buddhist cartoons and documentaries in contemporary Taiwan / Stefania Travagnin
  • The curious case of discovering Noah's ark in Hong Kong / Yam Chi-Keung
  • Beyond living Buddhas, snowy mountains and mighty mastiffs : imagining Tibetan Buddhism in contemporary China's mediascape / Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa
  • Huang-ting zen : crossing the straits and engendering emotional transformation through digital media / Paul J. Farrelly.