Who is wellness for? : an examination of wellness culture and who it leaves behind

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0063077086
ISBN: 9780063077089
Physical Description: x, 307 pages ; 22 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-307).

Formatted Contents Note:

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.