Yoga, the Body, and Embodied Social Change: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis - Paperback

by Beth Berila (Editor), Melanie Klein (Editor), Chelsea Jackson Roberts (Editor)

This book examines yoga as a cultural phenomenon in the United States. The essays offer an intersectional feminist analysis of the ways in which racial, gender, sexual, economic, and dis/ability power dynamics impact access to the U.S. yoga sphere and consider both the limitations and possibilities of yoga for feminist social justice.

Author Biography

Beth Berila is professor of ethnic and women's studies at St. Cloud State University. Melanie Klein is an associate professor of sociology and women's studies at Santa Monica College. Chelsea Jackson Roberts is founder and director of yoga, literature, and art at Spelman College.