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O'Neill, Rachel (2020) Pursuing 'wellness' : considerations for media studies. Television and New Media, 21 (6). pp. 628-634. doi:10.1177/1527476420919703
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476420919703
Abstract
In this short piece, I discuss the necessity of employing more-than-textual methods to understand more-than-textual phenomena. My case study is the feminized world of wellness, where stylish young entrepreneurs sell strategies of health-enhancement. While existing commentary typically frames wellness as the exclusive and somewhat risible preserve of wealthy white women—a framing enabled by the prominence of figures such as Gwyneth Paltrow—this narrative risks obscuring a more complicated story about the desire for health and well-being in an era of heightened precarity. Against this backdrop, I argue that the rise of wellness as a novel cultural formation
and new commercial development must be situated within the broader social, economic, and political terrain of contemporary Britain. Methodologically, this means grappling with the glamorous trappings of wellness media and excavating the psychic investments and embodied experiences that animate this movement-market.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | |||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Health behavior, Well-being , Health -- Social aspects, Health in mass media, Women in mass media , Whites -- Race identity , Minority women -- Health and hygiene | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Television and New Media | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Journals | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1527-4764 | |||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 September 2020 | |||||||||
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| Volume: | 21 | |||||||||
| Number: | 6 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 628-634 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/1527476420919703 | |||||||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Publisher Statement: | Posted ahead of print. O'Neill, Rachel (2020) Pursuing 'wellness' : considerations for media studies. Television and New Media . (In Press) Copyright © 2020 (The Author). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. DOI: [DOI] | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||
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