| Yoga, the Body, and Embodied Social Change: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis Contributor(s): Berila, Beth (Editor), Klein, Melanie (Editor), Jackson Roberts, Chelsea (Editor) |
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ISBN: 149852804X ISBN-13: 9781498528047 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $50.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Women's Studies - Health & Fitness | Yoga |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9" (1.16 lbs) 356 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Yoga, the Body, and Embodied Social Change is the first collection to gather together prominent scholars on yoga and the body. Using an intersectional lens, the essays examine yoga in the United States. as a complex cultural phenomenon that reveals racial, economic, gendered, and sexual politics of the body. From discussions of the stereotypical yoga body to analyses of pivotal court cases, Yoga, the Body, and Embodied Social Change examines the sociopolitical tensions of contemporary yoga. Because so many yogic spaces reflect the oppressive nature of many other public spheres, the essays in this collection also examine what needs to change in order for yoga to truly live up to its liberatory potential, from the blogosphere around Black women's health to the creation of queer and trans yoga classes to the healing potential of yoga for people living with chronic illness or trauma. While many of these conversations are emerging in the broader public sphere, few have made their way into academic scholarship. This book changes all that. The essays in this anthology interrogate yoga as it is portrayed in the media, yoga spaces, and yoga as it is integrated in education, the law, and concepts of health to examine who is included and who is excluded from yoga in the West. The result is a thoughtful analysis of the possibilities and the limitations of yoga for feminist social transformation. |