Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN 13 | 9780190082734 |
ISBN 10 | 0190082739 |
Author | Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Women's and Gender Studies Anya P Foxen |
Book Format | Hardcover |
Language | English |
Book Description | 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 |
About the Author | 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. |
Publication Date | 2020-03-02 |
Number of Pages | 336 pages |
Inhaling Spirit: Harmonialism, Orientalism, and the Western Roots of Modern Yoga