Race and religion in American Buddhism : white supremacy and immigrant adaptation /
Cheah, Joseph.
New York : Oxford University Press,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Colonial legacy of white supremacy in American Buddhism -- Buddhist modernism and the American vipassana movement -- Adaptation of vipassana meditation by convert Buddhists and sympathizers -- Assimilationist paradigm and Burmese Americans -- Monastic and domestic settings -- Burmese loyalty structure and the dual domination paradigm -- Conclusion.
Buddhism
Racism
Race relations
Burmese Americans