Screen LibraryYoga body : the origins of modern posture practice /
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=259668b2e66b435c99f99d6e36ad220f |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (viii, 273 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199742523 9780195395358 |
| Index Number: | RA781 |
| CLC: | R247.4 |
| Contents: | 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 a?sana revival -- T. Krishnamacharya and the Mysore a?sana revival. |