Wellness Culture
how the wellness movement has been used to empower, profit and misinform
$62.15
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
26 October 2022
Summary
Unpacking Wellness: From Counterculture to Commerce
Wellness has become synonymous with yoga, meditation, and other forms of self-care. Over the past 60 years, what began as an alternative to mainstream medicine has coalesced with consumer culture and has been commercialised to such an extent that the term is now synonymous with an industry of exclusive products and services.
This book traces the emergence of wellness culture as a countercultural movement to a trillion-dolla…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781802624687 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1802624686 |
| Series: | SocietyNow |
| Author: | Stephanie Alice Baker |
| Publisher: | Emerald Publishing Limited |
| Imprint: | Emerald Publishing Limited |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 26 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 248g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 12mm |
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About The Author
Stephanie Alice Baker
Stephanie Alice Baker is an expert in how we connect and communicate online, particularly around issues pertaining to health and wellness. She has worked with organisations across the public and private sector, including the BBC, ITV, Sense Worldwide and the Discovery Channel. She makes regular media appearances, speaking as an expert on social media influencers, wellness gurus, trust relations, intimacy, collective memory and digital technologies. She is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at City, University of London.
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