Transnational yoga at work: spiritual tourism and its blind spots
"In this ethnography, Laurah E. Klepinger examines wageworkers, yoga practitioners, and spiritual tourists in a transnational yoga institution. Klepinger argues that the institution's peacebuilding mission obscures the patterns of injustice and social inequality it reproduces"--
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Lanham Boulder New York London
Lexington Books
[2022]
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | Anthropology of tourism: heritage, mobility, and society
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Śivānanda, Svāmī 1887-1963
/ Yoga
/ Western world
B Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres / Exploitation / Social justice |
| Further subjects: | B
Yoga
Social aspects
B Tourism Anthropological aspects B Social Justice B Spiritual tourism B Equality |
| Summary: | "In this ethnography, Laurah E. Klepinger examines wageworkers, yoga practitioners, and spiritual tourists in a transnational yoga institution. Klepinger argues that the institution's peacebuilding mission obscures the patterns of injustice and social inequality it reproduces"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xxvii, 255 Seiten, Illustrationen, Diagramme |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7936-1562-6 |
