Overview

Wellness has become a mainstream concept, yet we have limited sociological understanding of how wellness functions in contemporary Western culture. Researching Contemporary Wellness Cultures is the first collection to bring together scholars examining wellness practices within various sociological sub-disciplines across and in related fields including anthropology, cultural studies, and internet studies. Investigating the growing field of wellness practices and practitioners, in order to understand the role of wellness practice in negotiations of the Western medical system. Researching Contemporary Wellness Cultures explores the various ways and spaces in which wellness is constructed, produced, circulated and contested, with contributing authors exploring everything from the intersections of wellness movements and far-right conspiracy spaces to the competing discourses at work in popular ""What I Eat in a Day"" videos on YouTube.

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Author:   Naomi Smith (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia) ,  Clare Southerton (La Trobe University, Australia) ,  Marianne Clark (Acadia University, Canada)
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.351kg
ISBN:  

9781804555859

ISBN 10:   1804555851
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   03 July 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Researching Contemporary Wellness Cultures; Naomi Smith, Clare Southerton, and Marianne Clark Section 1. Wellness, Whiteness and Conspiracy Cultures Chapter 1. The Body Complex: (Con)spirituality, Wellness and Covid-19 in Australia; Anna Halafoff, Ruth Fitzpatrick, and Cristina Rocha Chapter 2. COVID-19 mis/disinformation in online wellness communities: Narratives of individualism and practices of networked resistance; Ashleigh Haw, Jay Daniel Thompson, and Rob Cover Chapter 3. Looking good, feeling good and refusing the jab: Tracing the relationships between healthism, wellness culture and COVID vaccine hesitancy; Naomi Smith, Marianne Clark, and Clare Southerton Section 2. Lived Wellness Practice Chapter 4. Measuring wellbeing: A critical rapid review of scales used in advanced cancer contexts; Alexandra Smith, Rebecca Olson, Maddison Cuerton, Keesha Abdul Khalil, Philip Good, and Janet Hardy Chapter 5. Search Inside Yourself: Google, Mindfulness, and Workplace Wellbeing; Leanne Downing Chapter 6. Wellness washing: Wellness, work and the transformation of pleasure; Naomi Smith, Alexia Maddox, Jenny L. Davis, and Monica Barratt Section 3. The ‘Wellness Body’, Food and Diet Culture Chapter 7. “I just have to remember that my body is different”: Asian-Australian women’s experiences with wellness culture; Clare Davies Chapter 8. ‘Relaxed restriction’: ‘What I Eat In A Day’ videos and the persistence of diet culture; Justine Topham Chapter 9. Combatting wellness misinformation on YouTube: the case of Abbey Sharp; Edith Hill Chapter 10. ‘Having it all’: Wellness culture, Instagram bodies and ‘perfect lives’ in a Time of Global Ecological Crisis; Julia Coffey

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Naomi Smith is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Her research explores emerging technology, place, and bodies. Clare Southerton is a Lecturer in Digital Technology and Pedagogy at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. She researches how social media platforms and other digital technologies are used for learning and sharing knowledge. Marianne Clark is an Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Canada. Her research explores the intersections between digital and physical cultures as well as socio-cultural perspectives of gender and health.

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