Wellness culture : how the wellness movement has been used to empower, profit and misinform

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 exclus...

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Main Author: Baker, Stephanie Alice, (Author)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
Series: SocietyNow.
Subjects:
Health promotion > Marketing.
Leisure industry.
Alternative medicine specialists.
Consumer behavior.
Internet > Social aspects.
Social Science > Popular Culture.
Popular culture.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
ISBN: 9781802624670
Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 pages).

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245 1 0 |a Wellness culture :  |b how the wellness movement has been used to empower, profit and misinform /  |c by Stephanie Alice Baker. 
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490 1 |a SocietyNow 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Chapter 1. What is wellness culture? -- Chapter 2. The countercultural origins of wellness culture -- Chapter 3. From the wellness movement to the wellness industry -- Chapter 4. Wellness gurus, internet celebrities and influencers -- Chapter 5. Wellness as a gateway to misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy -- Chapter 6. The future of wellness as a cultural pursuit. 
520 |a 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-dollar industry, examining the social, economic and political conditions that enabled wellness to assume mainstream cultural significance. It explores the role of the internet in making wellness more accessible to consumers, while simultaneously questioning who wields influence in these digital spaces. A must read for anyone interested in learning about wellness and its online penetration, Wellness Culture offers an in-depth yet accessible examination of how wellness has been weaponised during the COVID-19 pandemic to spread medical misinformation, conspiratorial thinking and political extremism. 
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650 0 |a Leisure industry. 
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776 0 8 |i PDF version:  |z 9781802624656 
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