Balancing the self : medicine, politics and the regulation of health in the twentieth century / edited by Mark Jackson and Martin Moore.

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TextSeries: Social histories of medicinePublisher: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (1 PDF file (304 pages)) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1526132125
9781526132147
1526132141
9781526132123

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Balancing the self: medicine, politics and the regulation of health in the twentieth centuryDDC classification:

362.1964620094109045 23

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RA418

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WA 11 FA1

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EBSCOhost

Summary: 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.

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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.

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