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Breathing in Manhattan - Carola Speads - The German Jewish Gymnastics Instructor Who Brought Mindfulness to America

Anglais · Livre de poche

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In 1938 gymnastics instructor Carola Spitz escaped from Nazi Germany. In New York she turned into Carola Speads, revered teacher of mindfulness. She breathed with clients in her Central Park West studio until she was 97 years old. Now Christoph Ribbat combines her gripping biography with the histories of modern bodywork and breathing experiments. He illuminates the tension between self-help fads and 20th century catastrophes. Accessible and quirky, Breathing in Manhattan speaks to experts and non-experts alike: to readers of Jewish history, students of New York City, and to anyone attracted by - or skeptical of - the promises of mindfulness.

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Christoph Ribbat is a professor of American studies at Universität Paderborn (Germany). He was a Humboldt Fellow at MIT and Boston University and a Fulbright Scholar at The Cooper Union, New York. His work has been translated into fourteen languages.

Résumé

In 1938 gymnastics instructor Carola Spitz escaped from Nazi Germany. In New York she turned into Carola Speads, revered teacher of mindfulness. She breathed with clients in her Central Park West studio until she was 97 years old. Now Christoph Ribbat combines her gripping biography with the histories of modern bodywork and breathing experiments. He illuminates the tension between self-help fads and 20th century catastrophes. Accessible and quirky, Breathing in Manhattan speaks to experts and non-experts alike: to readers of Jewish history, students of New York City, and to anyone attracted by – or skeptical of – the promises of mindfulness.

Détails du produit

Auteurs Christoph Ribbat
Edition Transcript
 
Langues Anglais
Format d'édition Livre de poche
Sortie 15.04.2023
 
EAN 9783837667097
ISBN 978-3-8376-6709-7
Pages 134
Dimensions 150 mm x 11 mm x 225 mm
Poids 218 g
Illustrations 8 SW-Abb., 3 Farbabb.
Thèmes Edition Kulturwissenschaft
Edition Kulturwissenschaft 287
Catégories Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire culturelle

Soziologie, LIFE, New York City, Mindfulness, Cultural History, Culture, History of the 20th Century, Society, Cultural Studies, Biography, Self-help, Breathing, Jewish Studies, auseinandersetzen, Culture and institutions

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