Balancing the self: medicine, politics and the regulation of health in the twentieth century

Balancing the Self explores the diverse ways in which balanced and unbalanced selfhoods have been subject to construction, intervention and challenge across the long twentieth century. Chapters on diabetes, 'sensible drinking', obesity control, dietetic regulation, fatigue, heart disease,...

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Weitere Verfasser: Jackson, Mark 1959- (HerausgeberIn), Moore, Martin D. (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Manchester Manchester University Press 2020
Schriftenreihe:Social histories of medicine
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Zusammenfassung:Balancing the Self explores the diverse ways in which balanced and unbalanced selfhoods have been subject to construction, intervention and challenge across the long twentieth century. Chapters on diabetes, 'sensible drinking', obesity control, dietetic regulation, fatigue, heart disease, physical and emotional extremes, Parkinson's disease and other conditions understood in terms of disordered balance analyse the ways in which the mechanisms and meanings of balance have been framed historically. Together, contributions examine the positive narratives that have been attached to the ideals and practices of "self-help", and the extent to which rhetorics of empowerment and responsibility have been used for a variety of purposes, from disciplining bodies to cutting social security provision
Beschreibung:"The idea for this volume emerged from a conference held at the University of Exeter in 2016..." - Acknowledgements
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ISBN:9781526132123
9781526132147
1526132125
1526132141
DOI:10.7765/9781526132123