Self-care: Embodiment, Personal Autonomy and the Shaping of Health Consciousness

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Taylor & Francis, Nov 20, 2003 - Social Science - 208 pages
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.

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About the author (2003)

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.

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TitleSelf-care: Embodiment, Personal Autonomy and the Shaping of Health Consciousness
Routledge Advances in Sociology
AuthorChristopher Ziguras
PublisherTaylor & Francis, 2003
ISBN0203633970, 9780203633977
Length208 pages
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Social Science / Sociology / General
  
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