Orientalism in Outer-space: The Ascendancy of Sanskrit Mantras in Hollywood Science Fiction Films and Soundtracks
Several Hollywood science fiction films have recently appropriated Sanskrit mantras as a prominent feature in their musical soundtracks. Notably, Hollywood’s use of ‘SF Sanskrit’ tends to evoke a sense of militancy and war rather than tranquillity and peace, which has resounding Orientalist connotat...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2008
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Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2008, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 366-385 |
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Sanskrit language
B Orientalism B Science Fiction |
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