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1 online resource (317 pages). |
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20200315 |
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text file |
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Communication perspectives in popular culture
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Communication perspectives in popular culture.
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| Summary |
This book offers insight into the many identity work processes in play in the construction of yoga categories, inviting readers to consider pop culture yoga, a distinct way of understanding this complex phenomenon. Defining 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 peoples 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 writing styles, Blinne ultimately contends that the majority of yoga styles practiced in the United States are remixes that can be classified as pop culture yoga, a distinct way of understanding this complex phenomenon. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Note on Use of Yoga Terminology -- Introduction: Entering the Yogasphere -- Remix 1.0. - (Im)material Girl: A Pop Culture Yoga Possibility -- Remix 2.0. The Yoga of Yogas: Definitional Play in Three Acts -- Remix 3.0. The Mystery of Yoga History: A Dinner Theater Dialogue -- Remix 4.0. D.I.Yoga Stew: A Remix Recipe -- Remix 5.0. Blob, Sponge, or Stone?: Yoga's Identity Crisis -- Remix 6.0. Defining (Pop Culture) Yoga: The Problems and Possibilities of Living in the Yogasphere. |
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Concurrent user level: 1 user |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks |
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Yoga.
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Yoga. |
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Popular culture.
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Popular culture. |
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Language Arts & Disciplines: Communication Studies. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Blinne, Kristen C. Pop Culture Yoga : A Communication Remix. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2020 9781498584371 |
| ISBN |
9781498584388 (e-book) |
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1498584381 |
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1498584373 |
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9781498584371 |
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