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Constructions of Self and Other in Yoga, Travel, and Tourism
. Ed(S): Beaman, Lori G.; Sikka, Sonia
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Hardback. Editor(s): Beaman, Lori G.; Sikka, Sonia. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRLK; JMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 303.
This volume considers the phenomenon of yoga travel as an instance of a broader genre of ‘spiritual travel’ involving journeys to places ‘elsewhere’, which are imagined to offer the possibility of profound personal transformation. These imaginings are tied up in a continued exoticization of the East, but they are not limited to that. Contributors identify various themes such as authenticity, suffering, space, material markers, and the idea of the ‘spiritual’, tracing how these ideas manifest in conceptions and fetishizations of ‘elsewhere.’ To deepen its analysis of this phenomenon, the book incorporates a wide range of disciplines including architecture, sociology, anthropology, ... Read more
This volume considers the phenomenon of yoga travel as an instance of a broader genre of ‘spiritual travel’ involving journeys to places ‘elsewhere’, which are imagined to offer the possibility of profound personal transformation. These imaginings are tied up in a continued exoticization of the East, but they are not limited to that. Contributors identify various themes such as authenticity, suffering, space, material markers, and the idea of the ‘spiritual’, tracing how these ideas manifest in conceptions and fetishizations of ‘elsewhere.’ To deepen its analysis of this phenomenon, the book incorporates a wide range of disciplines including architecture, sociology, anthropology, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
117
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319325118
SKU
V9783319325118
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Beaman, Lori G.; Sikka, Sonia
Lori G. Beaman is the Canada Research Chair in the Contextualization of Religion in a Diverse Canada and Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She is also Principal Investigator of the Religion and Diversity Project, an international research team. Sonia Sikka is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa, Canada. ... Read more
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