عنوان

Here Comes The Yogiman:

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TL3c55f73q

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Here Comes The Yogiman:

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Pokazanyeva, Anna

Title Proper by Another Author

Tales of Enlightenment and (Super)power with Particular Reference to the Life and Work of Paramahansa Yogananda

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Holdrege, Barbara A.

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015

Body granting the degree

Holdrege, Barbara A.

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2015

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This study examines the figure of the Yogi as he moves from nineteenth-century colonial India into the Western, and specifically American, imagination and historical landscape. The study utilizes Paramahansa Yogananda as a case study and approaches his role and contributions from two perspectives: a literary critical approach to his writings and a historical account of the contexts that serve to illuminate his work and career especially where they contribute to our understanding of the modern interaction between Indian and Western thought. Chapters 1 and 2 trace a broad history of Yogis and Yogi-figures, first contextualizing them in their original Indian framework before moving to Western portrayals and interactions. Chapter 3 surveys Yogananda's life through the lens of sources other than his famous Autobiography, while Chapter 4 analyzes on Yogananda's teachings in the United States as reflecting the concerns of Progressive Era capitalism and scientific universalism. Finally, Chapter 5 examines the Autobiography itself as a carefully constructed narrative of Yogananda's spiritual growth and identity as a Yogi.

Green, Romina Akemi

Pokazanyeva, Anna

UC Santa Barbara

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