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Book SynopsisDefining Pop Culture Yoga: A Communication Remix was born out of a series of questions about the paradoxical nature of yoga: How do individuals and groups define yoga? What does it mean to practice yoga, and what does this practice involve? What are some of the most important principles, guidelines, or philosophical tenets of yoga that shape people's definitions and practices? Who has the power and authority to define yoga? What are the limits, if any, of shared definitions of yoga? Kristen C. Blinne explores the myriad ways yoga is communicatively constructed and defined in and through popular culture in the United States. In doing so, Blinne offers insight into the many identity work processes in play in the construction of yoga categories, illuminating how individuals' and groups' words and actions represent practices of claimingpart of a complex communicative process centered around membership categorizationbased on a range of authenticity discourses. Employing popular culture writ
Table of ContentsNote on Use of Sanskrit Terminology Introduction: Entering the Yogasphere Remix 1.0 Chapter 1: (Im)material Girl: A Pop Culture Yoga Possibility Remix 2.0 Chapter 2: The Yoga of Yogas: Definitional Play in Three Acts Remix 3.0 Chapter 3: The Mystery of Yoga History: A Dinner Theater Dialogue Remix 4.0 Chapter 4: D.I.Yoga (Different Interpretations of Yoga) Stew: A Remix Recipe Remix 5.0 Chapter 5: Blob, Sponge, or Stone?: Yoga’s Identity Crisis Remix 6.0 Chapter 6: Defining (Pop Culture) Yoga: The Problems and Possibilities of Living in the Yogasphere
