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Yoga body : the origins of modern posture practice / Mark Singleton.
Van Pelt Library RA781.7 .S568 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Singleton, Mark, 1976-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hatha yoga.
- Posture.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- A brief overview of yoga in the Indian tradition
- Fakirs, yogins, Europeans
- Popular portrayals of the yogin
- India and the international physical culture movement
- Modern Indian physical culture : degeneracy and experimentation
- Yoga as physical culture I : strength and vigor
- Yoga as physical culture II : harmonial gymnastics and esoteric dance
- The medium and the message : visual reproduction and the āsana revival
- T. Krishnamacharya and the Mysore āsana revival.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780195395341
- 0195395344
- 9780195395358
- 0195395352
- OCLC:
- 318191988
- Publisher Number:
- 99936448400
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