Yoga body

Oxford University Press

2010

viii, 262 p.

9780195395341

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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