Buying Buddha, selling Rumi : orientalism and the mystical marketplace / Sophia Rose Arjana.

"From jewellery to meditation pillows to tourist retreats, religious traditions - especially those of the East - are being commodified as never before. Imitated and rebranded as 'New Age' or 'spiritual', they are marketed to secular Westerners as an answer to suffering in the modern world, the 'myst...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Arjana, Sophia Rose (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	London : Oneworld Academic, 2020.
Subjects:	Orientalism. Orientalism in art. Buddhism > Economic aspects. Capitalism > Religious aspects. Religion and culture. Marketplaces > Religious aspects.
Physical Description:	x, 306 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Format:	Book

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