Recent scholarship has shown that modern postural yoga is the outcome of a complex process of transcultural exchange and syncretism. This book 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.…mehr
Recent scholarship has shown that modern postural yoga is the outcome of a complex process of transcultural exchange and syncretism. This book 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.
Anya P. Foxen, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, with a dual appointment in Religious Studies and Women's and Gender Studies. Her research centers primarily on alternative spiritualities and their intersections with gender, modernity, and science. She is a certified yoga instructor and long-time practitioner.
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List Of Figures Note On Transliteration Acknowledgements 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 Bibliography Notes Index
List Of Figures Note On Transliteration Acknowledgements 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 Bibliography Notes Index
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