The Autoethnographic Genre and Buddhist Studies: Reflections of a Postcolonial ‘Western Buddhist’ Convert

Is there a place for autoethnography in Buddhist Studies, particularly the emerging discourse described as Buddhist critical-constructive reflection? Predicated on a commitment to be always mindful of the colonial, Orientalist heritage of Buddhist Studies and the role of the subject in its own disco...

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Main Author: Ng, Edwin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2012
In: Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 163-184
Further subjects:B Buddhist critical-constructive reflection
B Buddhist Modernism
B Western Buddhism
B autoethnography
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