Bibliography

Book Sources

Iwamura, Jane Naomi. Virtual Orientalism: Asian Religions and American Popular Culture, Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2011. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.qe2a-proxy.mun.ca/lib/mun/detail.action?docID=1678702 .

Iwamura in her book talks about the fasciation of the American population with the Eastern culture, spirituality and history and tries to explain the reasons behind people’s fascination with them. She also looks at the portrayal of Oriental Culture in the American popular culture. She touches on the subject of how the oriental culture is merely there for the consumption of popular culture and the ways stereotypes are still be portrayed in the films.

This book is essential for my research as it will help me making my main arguments such as, the portrayal of Eastern Culture in and how it is narrated in American films. And the evolution that we might see in the films.

Hoover, Stewart M. Religion in the Media Age. E-book, Routledge, 2006. Taylor & Francis Group, https://doi-org.qe2a-proxy.mun.ca/10.4324/9780203503201 .

Hoover’s book is a fine assessment of the modern age religion, which is a result of the interaction of media and religion. In the recent years, the religion has significantly shifted from individuals searching for their soul to a consumerist propaganda. Films, television and media are a center now and he discuss how this has been possible.

His book will help me understand the shift of religion to films and understand this relationship. I can draw upon the conclusions to form my own analysis of how East Asian Religion in portrayed in karate kid.

Hoover, Stewart., and Clark, Lynn Schofield. Practicing Religion in the Age of the Media: Explorations in Media, Religion, and Culture. E-book, Columbia University Press, 2002. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.qe2a-proxy.mun.ca/lib/mun/detail.action?docID=895172.

The book consists of fourteen essays which covers the Religion and Media in this modern age by many religious historians, sociologist of religion, thoroughly. The book will help me and the audiences understand what is considered to be religion and what is not, eventually. From different scholars we can understand the differences academically.

Articles Sources

Dr. Waggoner "Bruce Davis's Finding Religion in Unexpected Places”, Religion and Popular Culture in America. University of California Press, 2005, pp. 1-20. https://app.box.com/s/hfifaqkbxw6q2xdpemb1

Forbes chapter helps us define Popular Culture and Analyse it. In addition, it helps us understand four main relationships between Religion and Popular Culture and they are, Religion in popular Culture, popular Culture in Religion, Popular Culture as Religion and, Religion and Popular Culture in Dialogue. Understanding these relationships enables me to do an in-depth research of how these two things interact and work together.

Bailey, Sarah P. "Asian Americans Upset by Stereotypes used in Church." The Christian Century, vol. 130, no. 23, Nov 13, 2013, pp. 17. ProQuest, https://search-proquest-com.qe2a-proxy.mun.ca/docview/1448815895?accountid=12378 .

Bailey's article deals with the reaction of Asian People towards stereotypical representation of them in media and films. The clip shown in a church is what offends the Asian people, as they believe this is only creating more steretypes in the society. This source will help me understand what Asian-Americans would consider is the stereotyping of the culture.

Chen, Carolyn. “The Oriental Monk Goes Virtual”, Wayne State University Press, vol. 32, no. 2, Spring 2010, pp. 256-259. https://muse-jhu-edu.qe2a-proxy.mun.ca/article/426893 .

Chen gives a detail review of Imamura’s book and help us understand it in depth. This will help us make our argument more strongly and clearly, as it will help substantiate mypoint even more.

Chesca, Alina Beatrice. “The Oriental culture and its Eternal Fascination” Acta Universita Danubius: Communicatio, Danubius University, 2011, vol. 5, no.1, pp. 176-182. https://doaj.org/article/dc7672f539e1478bb8095ab8d956360b .

In this chaotic world, Chesca’s article deals with poetry and tries to explain the Westerner’s fascination with the Oriental Culture. She does not only stick to the East Asian Culture but explores South Asian too. Chesca gives readers many examples of famous poets such as, Rabindranath Tagore and John Keats, and comparing their poetry, as they both belong to different continents.

I believe this article will help me expand my research and help understand the South Asian culture and how it is similar to East Asia and is portrayed in American Films simultaneously.

Magida, Arthur J. “Faith in Films” Baltimore Jewish Times, Baltimore, January 13 1995, vol. 22, no. 2. https://search-proquest-com.qe2a-proxy.mun.ca/docview/222849151?accountid=12378

Magida’s article talks about how Faith in displayed in films in America. He uses many examples from Schindler’s list to Little Women. This short article will help me understand the relationship between Faith and Films, and how other religions are represented in American Film Culture.

Other Sources

The Karate Kid. Directed by Harald Zwart, distributed by Sony Pictured, performed by Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson.

The movie revolves around Dre Parker when he moves to Beijing with his mother. Beginning a new life does not come easy and more troubles seem to be on way when he starts getting close to his crush. The want to be boyfriend makes his life even harder by bullying him and attacking him. A guru like character comes to his rescue when there is no hope for Parker. The movie is the adventure of the two and the teaching of the guru.

“Watch the new THE KARATE KID International Trailer.” YouTube, uploaded by Sony Pictures Entertainment, 26 February 2010. https://youtu.be/8vNku8fGeR4 .

The video clip from YouTube is the official trailer for the Karate Kid. The audiences get a good gist of the movie and some themes. The clip will help me convey my point to the audience and how the saviour figure saves the helpless boy.

Jahns, Jeremy. “Karate Kid movie review 2010.” YouTube. 12 June 2010. https://youtu.be/65FqFknaYGE

In the review video of the movie Karate Kid, Jahns points out the biggest mistake in the movie, that is, the protagonist actually learns Kung Fu and not Karate. This helps us understand how stereotypes work and spread through films. All marshal arts is not the same and it is very essential to understand this to understand the South Asian Culture and Religion.

Seah, Jean Elizabeth. “The Old Testament and the Karate Kid.” Ignitum Today. 28 November 2017. https://www.ignitumtoday.com/2017/11/28/old-testament-karate-kid/

Seah in the article compares the similarities between the Karate Kid (1984) and the Old Testament. She talks about some instances in the movie such as the cleaning cars, mopping floors, etc and makes an argument about how they are similar to Christian values and teaching. This article will help me establish how the movie is religious in Christian values too.

Hamilton, Jake. “Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan Interview for The Karate Kid.” YouTube. 28 May 2010. https://youtu.be/wA2uoYFAju4

Jake Hamilton sits down with the stars of the movie, Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan in this interview. In the interview Smith talks about his experience and things he learned throughout the shooting. He even tries to show Hamilton some martial art moves. The interview helps me in getting more in-depth details and experience of the cast from shooting.

Richardson, Christopher. “The Miyagi Method: a new world vision for religious educators” Journal of Beliefs & Values, 1998, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 219-230. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1361767980190206?journalCode=cjbv20&

Richardson’s article deals with the analysis of the fiction character Mr. Miyagi in the movie Karate Kid. He looks at his teaching and philosophy and makes a relevant connection on how that is important for religious studies educators. This article will be helpful in understanding the relationship between religion and karate kid, in specific and be considered helpful for my research.

“Colonizer, Colonized, and the Karate Kid.” Asian Religions in American Culture, WordPress. 23 February 2015. https://uarel371.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/colonizer-colonized-and-the-karate-kid/

The blog post talks about the stereotypes portrayed towards Asian Culture throughout the movie, such as, Mr. Miyagi’s broken English to popular Hindu representation. This sheds a light on the attitudes held by the film’s towards Asian culture. The blog post also talks about the learns and teaching taught by Mr. Miyagi and how it represents the East Asian religion. The writer talks a little about “Orientalism” and what its foundation. This blog post helps me find more stereotypical evidence held towards the Oriental Culture.

Wilson, Naomi. “Transformational Suffering and The Karate Kid.” bethinking. https://www.bethinking.org/culture/transformational-suffering-and-the-karate-kid

Wilson in her article talks about the suffering the protagonist faces in the movie and how he meets a spiritual healer who helps him overcome his fears and the battles. She talks about the journey the student and the teacher take. They article will help understand how God is represented in the movie.

“Harald Zwart on the Director’s role.” YouTube, uploaded by MakingOf. 2 May 2011. https://youtu.be/P6nhwejvNcg

In the interview Zwart talks about his personal life and tells the audience how he started making movies at the young age of 8. He proceeds on to tell us how he saw the vision with the Karate Kid remake in 2010. Making of the film, production and budget were also topics of the interview. The video helps us get an insight to what the director what thinking during the making of the movie and is helpful to the research.

“The Karate Kid Trailer (Original).” YouTube, uploaded by Chigawa, 16 May 2010. https://youtu.be/n7JhKCQnEqQ

The clip is a trailer of the original Karate kid movie. The trailer will help the audience and me see the similarities between the two movies even thought they are decades apart. This will tell us if the stereotypes have changed over the time or if they are still the same but with some variations.