Yoga body the origins of modern posture practice
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 vi...
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New York, Oxford
Oxford Univ. Press
2010
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 262 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0195395344 0-19-539534-4 0195395352 0-19-539535-2 9780195395341 978-0-19-539534-1 9780195395358 978-0-19-539535-8 |