UID:
almahu_9948269304502882
Format:
1 online resource :
,
illustrations (black and white).
ISBN:
9780190082765 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
Recent scholarship has shown that modern postural yoga is the outcome of a complex process of transcultural exchange and syncretism. This text doubles down on those claims and digs even deeper, looking to uncover the disparate but entangled roots of modern yoga practice. Anya Foxen shows that some of what we call yoga, especially in North America and Europe, is genealogically only slightly related to pre-modern Indian yoga traditions. Rather, it is equally, if not more so, grounded in Hellenistic theories of the subtle body, Western esotericism and magic, pre-modern European medicine, and late-nineteenth-century women's wellness programs.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2020.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780190082734
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
