Yogans ambivalenser: en genusvetenskaplig analys av yogans uttryck i Sverige genom postkolonial feministisk teori
Sammanfattning: The purpose of this essay is to understand the way yoga is practiced in Sweden through postcolonial feminist theory. The ambivalence of the form yoga takes in a swedish context between the positive aspects it provides for many practitioners in relation to the colonial history and the commodification of the practice is examined through the theoretical and political debate regarding the word cultural appropriation. Through semi structured interviews with yoga teachers the form yoga takes in the swedish society is mapped out and analysed using postcolonial feminist theory. The results of the essay show that understanding the power structures underlying the concept of cultural appropriation is essential to understand the form yoga takes in the swedish society. The understanding of power structures within yoga opens up to the potential of viewing yoga as a feminist emancipatory personalized practice. This becomes important in line with the gender studies informed ambition of understanding societal phenomenons and their subjects as comlex.
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