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Theorizing Complementary and Alternative Medicines: Wellbeing, Self, Gender, Class

by E. Sointu

Holistic health through the lenses of identity and social structure

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Holistic health through the lenses of identity and social structure

E. Sointu examines complementary and alternative medicines as practices oriented toward wellbeing, not solely physiological health. The book places the expansion of holistic health methods alongside changing ideas of selfhood, asking how these approaches intersect with gender and class. Its subject is therefore broader than individual treatment choices: it considers the social meanings attached to wellbeing and the ways health practices can be connected to identity and inequality. Published in 2012, it offers a theoretical framework for approaching alternative and complementary medicine as a cultural and social phenomenon.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Students and researchers in complementary and alternative medicine
  • Readers interested in the sociology of health and wellbeing
  • Those exploring connections among health, gender, class, and identity

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Complementary and alternative medicineWellbeingSelfhood and identityGenderClass

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Book overview

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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