Inhaling spirit : harmonialism, orientalism, and the western roots of modern yoga

Inhaling spirit : harmonialism, orientalism, and the western roots of modern yoga / Anya P. Foxen.

"This book follows up on recent findings that modern postural yoga is the outcome of a complex process of transcultural exchange and syncretism and digs even deeper, looking to uncover the disparate but entangled roots of contemporary yoga practice. In doing so, it proposes that some of what we...

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Main Author: Foxen, Anya P., 1986- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Exercise.
Physical fitness for women.
Hatha yoga.
Yoga > History.
Exercise
Hatha yoga
Physical fitness for women
Yoga
History
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction: We, Other Greeks
  • 1. Hot Souls, Pneumatic Bodies, and Interplanetary Journeys
  • 2. Harmonic Spirits and the Music of the Spheres
  • 3. Breathing for Nerve Force, Posing for Poise
  • 4. Pneumatic Dancing Girls
  • 5. A Nautch Girl to Teach Us Delsarte
  • 6. Adaptations, Appropriations, and Aerobics
  • Epilogue: Ceci n'est pas un Yogi, Redux
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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