Who is wellness for? : an examination of wellness culture and who it leaves behind / Fariha Róisín.

  • Róisín, Fariha
Date:
[2022]
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Examination of wellness culture and who it leaves behind

Description

"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."--From publisher.

Publication/Creation

New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]

Physical description

307 pages ; 22 cm

Contributors

Edition

First edition.

Contents

Introduction -- Part I: Journey to the mind ; On the mind ; On meditation ; On intuition and unseen things ; On the frustrating pitfalls of healing -- Part II: Journey to the body ; Introduction to the body ; On body dysmorphia ; On white people co-opting yoga ; On IBS -- Part III: On self-care ; Introduction to radical self-care ; On self-care and self-harm ; On eroticism ; On divination -- Part IV: Introduction to justice ; Who is wellness for? ; On degrowth ; On healing our wounds with the feminine ; Conclusion: On sacred reciprocity.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-307).

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WB327 2022R74w
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780063077089
  • 0063077086