Self-care: Embodiment, Personal Autonomy and the Shaping of Health ConsciousnessThis 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. |
Contents
You are your own saviour and your own worst enemy | 1 |
2 Learning to care for ones self | 14 |
3 Sending the health message | 27 |
4 Natural alternatives | 57 |
5 Selfcare and antiinstitutional politics | 76 |
6 The nagging state | 94 |
Theorizing Americas obsession with mundane health behaviour | 113 |
8 Governing ones self | 127 |
9 Reflexivity rationalization and health risks | 144 |
10 Technological salvation or more human solutions? | 161 |
Towards a socialecological approach to selfcare promotion | 175 |
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Other editions - View all
Self-Care: Embodiment, Personal Autonomy and the Shaping of Health Consciousness Christopher Ziguras No preview available - 2013 |
Self-care: Embodiment, Personal Autonomy, and the Shaping of Health ... Christopher Ziguras No preview available - 2004 |
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