ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|13 pages
Learning to care for one's self
chapter 3|30 pages
Sending the health message
chapter 4|19 pages
Natural alternatives
chapter 5|18 pages
Self-care and anti-institutional politics
chapter 6|19 pages
The nagging state
chapter 7|14 pages
Narcissism and self-care
Theorizing America's obsession with mundane health behaviour
