Ziguras Self-care

Embodiment, Personal Autonomy and the Shaping of Health Consciousness
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-134-41969-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Sociology

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ziguras, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.