Yoga: An Annotated Bibliography of Works in English, 1981-2005

by Daren Callahan

Overview

Millions of people practice some form of yoga, but they often do so without a clear understanding of its history, traditions, and purposes. This comprehensive bibliography, designed to assist researchers, practitioners, and general readers in navigating the extensive yoga literature, lists and comments upon English-language yoga texts published since 1981. It includes entries for more than 2,400 scholarly as well as popular works, manuals, original Sanskrit source text translations, conference proceedings, doctoral dissertations, and master's theses. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author for easy access, while thorough author, title, and subject indexes will help readers find books of interest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786431625
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	07/02/2007
Pages:	364
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.73(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Daren Callahan is head of cataloging at Morris Library, Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Preface     

1. Studies, Manuals, General Reference     
2. Translations of Selected Sanskrit Source Materials     
3. Dissertations and Theses     

Glossary of Sanskrit Terms     
Indexes     

Editorial Reviews

comprehensive...essential...recommended”—Choice; “an invaluable resource...this book is worth its weight in gold...a ready reference”—Yoga Journal; “comprehensive labor of love...invaluable...immensely helpful...a must”—Religious Studies Review; “essential...get this book”—Yoga Books; “Callahan has truly advanced the academic field of Yoga studies...comprehensive labor of love...Scholars of Yoga will certainly want their own personal copy...a must for every university and college library”—Religious Studies Review; “an AWESOME literary contribution to the world of yoga...fascinating. I have no doubt about its value to me as a yoga teacher and practitioner, and therefore have no difficulty imagining its future welcome acceptance into the yoga populace”—Erich Schiffmann, author of Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness; “recommended”—ARBA.

From the Publisher

comprehensive labor of love...invaluable...immensely helpful...a must

Religious Studies Review

an invaluable resource...this book is worth its weight in gold...a ready reference

Yoga Journal

comprehensive...essential...recommended

Choice