Theorizing Complementary and Alternative Medicines: Wellbeing, Self, Gender, Class
Author:   E. Sointu
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9780230309319


Pages:   253
Publication Date:   05 April 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Theorizing Complementary and Alternative Medicines: Wellbeing, Self, Gender, Class


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Rather than physiological health only, complementary and alternative medicines aim at the production of wellbeing. This book explores how the increasing proliferation of holistic health methods are intimately connected with changing configurations of selfhood, gender and class.

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Author:   E. Sointu
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9780230309319


ISBN 10:   0230309313
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   05 April 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Landscapes of Complementary and Alternative Health Wellbeing, Selfhood and Subjectivity Gendering the Search for Wellbeing Prescription: Recognition Negotiating Therapeutic Legitimacy The Holistic Body and Mind The Spirit in Mind, Body and Spirit Healing Body-Subjects Conclusions Bibliography Notes

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EEVA SOINTU Assistant Professor of Sociology at Smith College, USA.

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