Frederik L. Schodt
Список книг автора Frederik L. SchodtMy Heart Sutra
The Heart Sutra is the most widely read, chanted, and copied text in East Asian Buddhism. Here Frederik L. Schodt explores his lifelong fascination with the sutra: its mesmerizing mantra, its ancient history, the “emptiness theory, and the way it is used around the world as a metaphysical tool to overcome chaos and confusion and reach a new understanding of reality–a perfection of wisdom. Schodt's journey takes him to caves in China, American beats declaiming poetry, speculations into the sutra's true origins, and even a robot Avalokiteśvara at a Kyoto temple.
Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe
As far as we know, no book on this subject has ever been published before; this book is the first of its kind and brings to light a largely forgotten subject and key figure in the Golden Age of the CircusRisley's story is an important (and unique) example of early cross-cultural interaction and the globalization of popular cultureLavishly illustrated with period ephemera including performance fliers, circus posters, archival photographs, illustrations and moreTopic taps into the growing popular interest in Victorian and Neo-Victorian culture and VaudevilleAuthor is a pleasure to work with, good at self-promotion and widely known and well-connected with pop culture historians and critics