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Who is wellness for? : an examination of wellness culture and who it leaves behind
Title:
Who is wellness for? : an examination of wellness culture and who it leaves behind
ISBN:
9780063077089
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]

©2022
Physical Description:
307 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-307).
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.
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.