David Gordon White

Broschiertes Buch

Sinister Yogis

Beschreibung

Focuses on yoga's practitioners. Combing through millennia of South Asia's vast and diverse literature, this title discovers that yogis are usually portrayed as wonder-workers or sorcerers who use their dangerous supernatural.

Autor

David Gordon White is professor of religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the author of several books, including The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India and Kiss of the Yogini: "Tantric Sex" in its South Asian Contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 154mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780226895147
• ISBN-10: 0226895149
• Artikelnr.: 32087047