UID:
almahu_9948635441702882
Format:
1 online resource (304 pages) :
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illustrations; digital file(s).
Edition:
Open Access Edition.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2020. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
ISBN:
9781526132123
Series Statement:
Social Histories of Medicine
Content:
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.
Note:
Made available via: manchesterhive.
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MUP 2020 titles.
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Also available in print form.
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Mode of access: internet via World Wide Web.
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat or other PDF reader (latest version recommended), Internet Explorer or other browser (latest version recommended).
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In English.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Balancing the self: medicine, politics and the regulation of health in the twentieth century, Manchester, UK. : Manchester University Press, 2020 ISBN 9781526132130
Language:
English
DOI:
10.7765/9781526132123
URL:
https://www.manchesteropenhive.com/view/9781526132123/9781526132123.xml
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.7765/9781526132123
