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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How the Wellness Movement has been used to Empower, Profit and Misinform
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781802624656
Publisert
2022
Utgiver
Emerald Publishing Ltd.
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter