Anthropology
| Title | Author | Summary | File Size | Date of Publication | Categories | hf:doc_author | hf:doc_categories | hf:doc_tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoga, Nature Cure and “Perfect” Health: The Purity of the Fluid Body in an Impure World | Joseph S. Alter |
Chapter from Yoga In Transformation |
2018 | Anthropology, History | joseph-s-alter | anthropology history-anthropology | anthopology health medicine | |
| Observing yoga: The use of ethnography to develop yoga studies | Daniela Bevilacqua |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | Anthropology, Ethnography | daniela-bevilacqua | anthropology ethnography-anthropology | anthropology ethnography | |
| Hindu ascetics and the political in contemporary India | Raphaël Voix |
Chapter from Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies |
2021 | Anthropology, Politics | raphael-voix | anthropology politics | anthropology politics | |
| Let the Sadhus Talk: Ascetic Understanding of Hatha Yoga and Yogasanas. | Daniella Bevilacqua |
Based on extensive interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, this article presents understandings of yoga among sadhus in northern India |
2018 | Anthropology | daniella-bevilacqua | anthropology | anthropology indology | |
| Post-lineage Yoga: From Guru to #MeToo | Theodora Wildcroft |
Post-lineage Yoga presents a ground-breaking model for scholars to understand the contemporary teaching and practice of yoga, one where peer networks … |
2020 | Anthropology, Religious Studies | theodora-wildcroft | anthropology religious-studies | anthropology history | |
| One’s Own Body of Pure Channels and Elements: The Teaching and Practice of Tibetan Yoga at Namdroling | Naomi Worth |
The Tibetan yoga practice known as “winds, channels, and inner heat” (rtsa rlung gtum mo) isphysically challenging, and yet is intentionally designed … |
2021 | Anthropology | naomi-worth | anthropology | tibet tibetan-yoga-modern-yoga-modern-buddhism-monastic-life-tibetan-buddhism-buddhist-contemplation-tantric-body-subtle-body trul-khor | |
| Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools: Reforming Secular Education or Reestablishing Religion? | Candy Gunther-Brown |
A call for clarity in newer realms of religion and public education, Yoga and mindfulness activities, with roots in Asian traditions such as Hinduism or Buddhism, have been brought into growing number … |
2019 | America, Anthropology | candy-gunther-brown | america anthropology | ashtanga-yoga ethnogrpahy modern-yoga pattabhi-jois yoga-and-law yoga-in-schools | |
| White Utopias: The Religious Exoticism of Transformational Festivals | Amanda Lucia |
White Utopias: The Religious Exoticism of Transformational Festivals … |
2020 | America, Anthropology | amanda-lucia | america anthropology | ethnography festivals modern-yoga race | |
| Freedom Inside: Yoga and Meditation in the Careceral State | Farah Godrej |
Freedom Inside: Yoga and Meditation in the Careceral State … |
2022 | America, Anthropology | farah-godrej | america anthropology | carceral-state ethnography meditation modern-yoga neoliberalism prison | |
| Peace, Love, Yoga: The Politics of Global Spirituality | Andrea Jain |
Peace Love Yoga analyzes growing spiritual industries and their coherence with neoliberal capitalism. “Personal growth,” “self-care,” and “transformation” are just some of the generative tropes in the … |
2020 | Anthropology | andrea-jain | anthropology | appropriation capitalism commodification feminism mindfulness modern-yoga neoliberalism religion self-care spirituality yoga | |
| The Neoliberal Yogi and the Politics of Yoga | Farah Godrej |
Can the theory and practice of the yogic tradition serve as a challenge to dominant cultural and political norms in the Western world? In this essay I demonstrate that modern yoga is a creature of fab … |
2017 | Anthropology | farah-godrej | anthropology | bhagavad-gita modern-yoga neoliberalism yoga yoga-sutra | |
| From Tapas to Modern Yoga: Sādhus’ Understanding of Embodied Practices | Daniela Bevilacqua |
From Tapas to Modern Yoga: Sādhus’ Understanding of Embodied Practices … |
2024 | Anthropology, India | daniela-bevilacqua | anthropology india-anthropology | ethnography hatha-yoga-project ha%e1%b9%adhayoga hinduism religion sadhus tapas yoga | |
| Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation | Christopher Jain Miller |
Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation … |
2024 | Anthropology | christopher-jain-miller | anthropology | bhagavad-gita breath embodiment ethnography ethnomusicology food ha%e1%b9%adhayoga ha%e1%b9%adhayogapradipika indian-ocean mantra modern-yoga music pollution pra%e1%b9%87ayama yoga-sutra | |
| Traditional Yoga Postures for Modern Geriatric Care Or Women’s Yoga Lineages of the Lambourn Valley | Hilary Re’em |
This article is a personal reflection on the evolution of Yoga teaching and practice in the United Kingdom as I have experienced it growing up and growing old(er) in the Lambourn Valley in Berkshire, in the South West of England |
5 MB | 2012 | Anthropology, Autoethnography | hilary-reem | anthropology autoethnography | asana bsk-iyengar furniture-yoga healthy-ageing ictam-bhutan lambourn-valley pain self-care self-cultivation yoga |
| Yoga in Modern India:The Body between Science and Philosophy | Joseph S. Alter |
Yoga has come to be an icon of Indian culture and civilization, and it is widely regarded as being timeless and unchanging |
2005 | Anthropology, India | joseph-s-alter | anthropology india-anthropology | ||
| Modern Medical Yoga: Struggling With a History of Magic, Alchemy and Sex | Joseph S. Alter |
The history of modern yoga is rooted in the history of alchemy and the practice of magic in medieval India |
3 MB | 2005 | Anthropology, India | joseph-s-alter | anthropology india-anthropology |