Postfeminism and Health: Critical Psychology and Media Perspectives - Paperback

by Sarah Riley (Author), Adrienne Evans (Author), Martine Robson (Author)

This book uses the notion of postfeminist healthism-a conception of health at the intersection of postfeminism, neoliberalism, and consumerism-to explore key topics in women's mental and physical health.

Author Biography

Sarah Riley is Reader in Critical Psychology at Aberystwyth University, UK. Her work focuses on the psychological impact of neoliberalism. Informed by poststructuralist theory and taking an interdisciplinary approach, her work addresses questions about gender, embodiment, health, youth culture and citizenship. Her co- authored books include Critical Bodies (Palgrave/ MacMillan, 2008), Doing Your Qualitative Research Project (Sage, 2012) and Technologies of Sexiness: Sex, Identity and Consumer Culture (Oxford University Press, 2014).

Adrienne Evans is Reader in Media in the Centre for Postdigital Cultures at Coventry University, UK. Past research explored sexiness; current work develops accounts of postdigital culture, postfeminist masculinity and healthism. Her co- authored books include Technologies of Sexiness: Sex, Identity and Consumer Culture (Oxford University Press, 2014).

Martine Robson is Lecturer in Psychology at Aberystwyth University, UK. Her work focuses on how people in long-term relationships negotiate individualistic, neoliberal lifestyle advice, and uses poststructuralist theory to examine the ways in which people adopt, resist and transform dominant health discourses.