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BOOK
Title Yoga body : the origins of modern posture practice / Mark Singleton
Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

LIBRARY / MAP CALL NUMBER STATUS MESSAGE
 Stadsbibl:Slottet vån 3 Teknik och medicin  613.7046 engelska    DUE 23-10-23 BILLED  ---
Descript viii, 262 p. ill. 24 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references and index
Content 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 asana revival -- T. Krishnamacharya and the Mysore asana revival
Subject Hatha-yoga
Yoga -- historia
Hatha yoga
Posture
Yoga -- history
Yoga Hatha
Classmark 613.7046
613.7/046
Rai
ISBN/ISSN 9780195395341 pbk. : alk. paper
0195395344 pbk. : alk. paper
9780195395358 hardback : alk. paper
0195395352 hardback : alk. paper
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