Yoga in the modern world : contemporary perspectives / edited by Mark Singleton and Jean Byrne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singleton, Mark, 1976-

Byrne, Jean, 1972-

Series:

RoutledgeCurzon Hindu studies series

Routledge Hindu studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yoga.

Physical Description:

x, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Contents:

Introduction / Mark Singleton, Jean Byrne 1

Part I Mapping the Terrain of Modern Yoga Studies 15

1 Modern Yoga: History and Forms / Elizabeth De Michelis 17

2 Yoga Shivir: Performativity and the Study of Modern Yoga / Joseph S. Alter 36

3 ”Adapt, Adjust, Accommodate”: the Production of Yoga in a Transnational World / Sarah Strauss Part 49

Part II Posturing for Authenticity 75

4 The Classical Reveries of Modern Yoga: Patañjali and Constructive Orientalism / Mark Singleton 77

5 The Reflexivity of the Authenticity of Haṭha Yoga / Kenneth Liberman 100

Part III Spirituality, Sexuality, and Authority: Understanding the Experience of Contemporary Yoga Practice 117

6 Empowerment and Using the Body in Modern Postural Yoga / Klas Nevrin 119

7 ”With Heat Even Iron Will Bend”: Discipline and Authority in Ashtanga Yoga / Benjamin Richard Smith 140

8 The Numinous and Cessative in Modern Yoga / Stuart Ray Sarbacker 161

9 From Fusion to Confusion: A Consideration of Sex and Sexuality in Traditional and Contemporary Yoga / Mikel Burley 184.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415452588

0415452589

9780203894996

0203894995

OCLC:

185026577