Abstract
Introduction (MARK SINGLETON AND JEAN BYRNE) Part I: Mapping the Terrain of Modern Yoga Studies 1. Modern Yoga: History and Forms (ELIZABETH DE MICHELIS) 2. Yoga Shivir: Methodological and Ethical Problems in the Study of Modern Yoga (JOSEPH S. ALTER) 3. 'Adapt, Adjust, Accommodate': The Production of Yoga in a Transnational World (SARAH STRAUSS) Part II: Posturing for Authenticity 4. The Classical Reveries of Modern Yoga: Patanjali and Constructive Orientalism (MARK SINGLETON) 5. The Reflexivity of the Authenticity of Hatha Yoga (KENNETH LIBERMAN) Part III: Spirituality, Sexuality & Authority: Understanding the Experience of Modern Yoga Practice 6. Empowerment and Using the Body in Modern Postural Yoga (KLAS NEVRIN) 7. 'With heat even iron will bend': Discipline and authority in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga (BENJAMIN RICHARD SMITH) 8. The Numinous and Cessative in Modern Yoga (STUART RAY SARBACKER) 9. From Fusion to Confusion: A Consideration of Sex and Sexuality in Traditional and Contemporary Yoga (MIKEL BURLEY)
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