"Heart Sutra Pop": Religious Textual Democratization by a Sexy Vocal Android.
In 2010, the publication of "Heart Sutra Pop," an online animated video featuring the cyber-idol Hatsune Miku singing the Heart Sutra, launched a viral enthusiasm for the text that is unmatched throughout its more than twelve-hundred-year history in Japan. This article explores the digital rebirth o...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Religion & Popular Culture Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 29 - 48 |
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University of California Press
Spring 2021
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