Self-care

Embodiment, Personal Autonomy and the Shaping of Health Consciousness

AvChristopher Ziguras

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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This book examines the widespread cultural and political consequences of the proliferation of popular health advice. It provides a key theoretical contribution to the sociological study of health and embodiment by illuminating the processes of social change that have transformed how individuals care for themselves and the ways in which power and desire now shape health behaviour.Self-Care will be of essential interest to students and academics working within the fields of sociology, health and social welfare.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-11-20
Mått:156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:550 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Advances in Sociology
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415300582

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Christopher Ziguras is Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Globalism Institute at RMIT University. He is editor of The International Publishing Services Market (with Bill Cope, 2002) and has published numerous articles examining the impact of rationalization, commodification and electronic mediation on the constitution of identity, particularly in international education and health promotion.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction. You are Your Own Saviour and Your Own Worst Enemy 2. Learning to Care for One's Self 3. Sending the Health Message 4. Natural Alternatives 5. Self-Care and Anti-Institutional Politics 6. The Nagging State 7. Narcissism and Self-Care: Theorising America's Obsession with Mundane Health Behaviour 8. Governing One's Self 9. Reflexivity, Rationalisation and Health Risks 10. Technological Salvation or More Human Solutions 11. Conclusions: Towards a Social-Ecological Approach to Self-Care Promotion