Wage Work and Kitchen Hands: Paid Laborers in a Spiritual Community

A group of Indian women in saris sit on the floor of a kitchen, smiling at the camera. Behind them are shelves of produce, as well as plates of beans.

Photo by Biju Mathew

Join Laurah Klepinger, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, for a presentation in honor of Women's History Month.

Titled "Wage Work and Kitchen Hands: Paid Laborers in a Spiritual Community," Professor Klepinger shares her research on local wageworkers in the Indian branches of a transnational yoga institution and about yoga practitioners and spiritual tourists who visualize peace through yoga.

This discussion is a targeted look at an excerpt from her book Transnational Yoga at Work: Spiritual Tourism and Its Blind Spots.

This is an in-person presentation, but attendees can also click here to register to attend via Zoom.