1 option
Who is wellness for? : an examination of wellness culture and who it leaves behind / Fariha Róisín.
Van Pelt Library RA776.5 .R595 2022
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Róisín, Fariha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health--Popular works.
- Health.
- Self-care, Health--Popular works.
- Self-care, Health.
- Mind and body--Popular works.
- Mind and body.
- Cultural appropriation.
- Róisín, Fariha.
- Genre:
- Self-care publications.
- Physical Description:
- x, 307 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Examination of wellness culture and who it leaves behind
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
- Summary:
- In this thought-provoking book, part memoir, part journalistic investigation, the acclaimed writer and poet, a Muslim queer Bangladeshi, reveals how wellness culture has become a luxury good built on the wisdom of Black, brown and Indigenous people--while ignoring and excluding them.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I JOURNEY TO THE MIND
- ch. 1 On the Mind
- ch. 2 On Meditation
- ch. 3 On Intuition and Unseen Things
- ch. 4 On the Frustrating Pitfalls of Healing
- pt. II JOURNEY TO THE BODY
- ch. 5 Introduction to the Body
- ch. 6 On Body Dysmorphia
- ch. 7 On White People Co-opting Yoga
- ch. 8 On IBS
- pt. III ON SELF-CARE
- ch. 9 Introduction to Radical Self-Care
- ch. 10 On Self-Care and Self-Harm
- ch. 11 On Eroticism
- ch. 12 On Divination
- pt. IV INTRODUCTION TO JUSTICE
- ch. 13 Who Is Wellness For?
- ch. 14 On Degrowth
- ch. 15 On Healing Our Wounds with the Feminine.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-307).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780063077089
- 0063077086
- OCLC:
- 1324242901
- Publisher Number:
- 99991253079
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.