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Laurah E. Klepinger, "Transnational Yoga at Work: Spiritual Tourism and Its Blind Spots" (Lexington Books, 2022)

New Books in Anthropology

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Raj Balcaran talks with Dr. Laura Kleppinger, assistant professor of anthropology at Uthaca University about spiritual tourism and its blind spots. "Spiritual tourism" encapsulates this idea that there are people going to India seeking out as an emotional experience for their own enlightenment or self benefit," she says. The author was interested in the ways in which India and yoga together, we're being represented as accessible for an audience who might not otherwise have taken of of yoga.

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