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Yoga body : the origins of modern posture practice
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- Creator
- Mark Singleton
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010
- Physical Details
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- viii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0199742529, 9786612484674, 1282484672, 9780195395358, 0195395352, 0195395344, 9780195395341, 0199777306, 9780199742523
- OCLC
- ocn318191988, ocn550648425
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Hatha yoga.
- Posture.
- Yoga -- history.
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- Posture.
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