{"product_id":"decolonize-self-care-paperback","title":"Decolonize Self-Care - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlyson K. Spurgas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eZoë C. Meleo-Erwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBhakti Shringarpure\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor radical twentieth-century feminists, it was a rallying cry for bodily autonomy and political power. For influencers and lifestyle brands, it's buying fancy nutrition and body products at a premium. And it has now infiltrated nearly every food, leisure, and pop-culture space as a multi-billion-dollar industry.\u003cbr\u003eWhat is it? To quote a million memes: it's called self-care.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDecolonize Self-Care\u003c\/i\u003e Alyson K. Spurgas and Zoë C. Meleo-Erwin deliver a comprehensive sociological analysis and scathing critique of the catchphrase's capitalist, racist undertones. To decolonize self-care, they argue, requires a full reckoning with the exclusionary, appropriative nature of most of the wellness industry, but this education is only the first step in the process. We must commit to new models of care and well-being that allow for health, pleasure, and community--for everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlyson K. Spurgas\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology and affiliated faculty in the Women's, Gender, \u0026amp; Sexuality Studies Program at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Spurgas researches, writes, and teaches about the sociology of trauma, the politics of desire, and technologies of care from an interdisciplinary and intersectional feminist perspective. They are also the author of \u003cem\u003eDiagnosing Desire: Biopolitics and Femininity into the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/em\u003e (The Ohio State University Press, 2020), which won the 2021 Cultural Studies Association First Book Prize. Alyson lives in Brooklyn, New York, with their amazing partner and cat. Check out www.alysonkspurgas.com for info about Alyson's writing, teaching, speaking events, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZoë C. Meleo-Erwin\u003c\/strong\u003e is a qualitative sociologist and former assistant professor of public health. In 2022, she left academia to pursue a career as a user experience researcher in the tech industry. As a scholar, her work focused on the meanings of health and illness, health decision-making, experiences of embodiment, and the ways in which digital technologies facilitate the creation of both identity and community around health and illness. A list of her publications can be found on her website, www.zoemeleoerwin.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBhakti Shringarpure\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, academic and founding editor of \u003cem\u003eWarscapes\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eCold War Assemblages: Decolonization to Digital\u003c\/em\u003e and a regular contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAfrica is a Country\u003c\/em\u003e. She currently runs the Radical Books Collective which pushes for an alternative, inclusive and non-commercial approach to books and reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 6.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766202794272,"sku":"9781682193358","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/443c40f31b9ded7e3aa22ff9fd7679a7.webp?v=1780287428","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/decolonize-self-care-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}