Why Wellness Sells

Why Wellness Sells
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 270
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ISBN-10 : 9781421445281
ISBN-13 : 142144528X
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Book Synopsis Why Wellness Sells by : Colleen Derkatch

Download or read book Why Wellness Sells written by Colleen Derkatch and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author argues that wellness has become so pervasive in the United States and Canada because it is an ever-moving goal. It embodies an idea of both restoring the body to some natural, and therefore healthy, state and of enhancing the body toward an ideal state of health, one that is "better than well." Overall, the book, a rhetorical and cultural study, offers a nuanced account of how language, belief, behavior, experience, and persuasion collide to produce and promote wellness, which is among the most compelling--and possibly harmful--concepts that govern contemporary Western life"--


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