Yoga in the Modern World: New Book

[Mark Singleton]

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce the publication of a new book, _Yoga in the Modern 
World: Contemporary Perspectives_, edited by myself and Jean Byrne in the 
Routledge Hindu Studies Series. This collection of essays focuses on 
manifestations of yoga in modern and transnational contexts, and brings 
together for the first time some of the leading scholars working in this 
area, as well as newer voices.

Full contents are listed at the end of this email. More details can be 
found at:

http://yogaspace.heehawdevelopment.co.uk/writing_research/yoga_modern_world_contemporary_perspectives.php

Apologies for cross-posting.

Mark Singleton


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Yoga in the Modern World: Contemporary Perspectives, ed. Mark Singleton and 
Jean Byrne (London and New York: Routledge 2008)

Introduction
MARK SINGLETON AND JEAN BYRNE

Mapping the Terrain

Modern Yoga: History and Forms
ELIZABETH DE MICHELIS

Yoga Shivir: Methodological and Ethical Problems in the Study of Modern 
Yoga. JOSEPH S. ALTER

'Adapt, Adjust, Accommodate': The Production of Yoga in a Transnational 
World SARAH STRAUSS


Posturing for Authenticity

The Classical Reveries of Modern Yoga: Patañjali and Constructive 
Orientalism MARK SINGLETON

The Reflexivity of the Authenticity of Haha Yoga
KENNETH LIBERMAN


Understanding the Experience of Yoga Practice

Empowerment and Using the Body in Modern Postural Yoga
KLAS NEVRIN

'With heat even iron will bend': Discipline and authority in Ashtanga 
Vinyasa Yoga BENJAMIN RICHARD SMITH

The Numinous and Cessative in Modern Yoga
STUART SARBACKER
The Intersection of Past and Present

> From Fusion to Confusion: A Consideration of Sex and Sexuality in 
Traditional and Contemporary Yoga MIKEL BURLEY