Reframing Yoga and Meditation Studies

Karen O'Brien-Kop, Suzanne Newcombe

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    Abstract

    This chapter offers analytical meta-reflection on the process of identifying, surveying and examining the current field of academic yoga and meditation studies. It discusses significant and ongoing shifts in this field of study, as well as the scholarly choices that contributors have faced collectively in what they have classified under the categories of ‘yoga’ and ‘meditation’ and in the terms they have used. This chapter discusses the theoretical and practical challenges of one of the first attempts to bring into direct dialogue two closely related areas of academic research: meditation and yoga. Finally, the chapter also points to emergent themes, foci and issues in the field, as well as to current gaps for future research.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies
    PublisherRoutledge
    ISBN (Electronic)9781351050753
    ISBN (Print)9781138484863
    Publication statusPublished - 28 Oct 2020

    Publication series

    NameResearch Handbook Series

    Keywords

    • yoga studies
    • disciplinarity
    • meditation
    • auto-ethnography
    • south asian studies

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