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The pursuit of health and wellness has become a fundamental and familiar part of everyday life in America. We are surrounded by an enticing world of products, practices, and promotions assuring health and happiness-cereal boxes claim that their contents can reduce the risk of heart disease, bars of aromatherapy soap seek to wash away our stresses, newspapers celebrate the wonders of the latest superfoods and herbal remedies. No longer confined to the domain of Western medicine, suggestions for healthy living often turn to alternatives originating in distant times and places, in cultures very different from our own. Diets from ancient or remote groups are presented as cures for everything from colds to cancer; exercise regimens based on Eastern philosophies are heralded as paths to physical health and spiritual wellbeing.In New Age Capitalism, Kimberly Lau examines the ideological work that has created this billion-dollar business and allowed "Eastern" and other non-Western traditions to be coopted by Western capitalism. Extending the orientalist logic to the business of health and wellness, American companies have created a lucrative and competitive market for their products, encouraging consumers to believe that they are making the right choices for personal as well as planetary health. In reality, alternative health practices have been commodified for an American public longing not only for health and wellness but also for authenticity, tradition, and a connection to the cultures of an imagined Edenic past. Although consumers might prefer to buy into "authentic" non-Western therapies, New Age Capitalism argues that the market economy makes this goal unattainable.
New age consumers --- Capitalism --- Consumption (Economics) --- Marketing --- New Age --- Verbraucherverhalten --- Social aspects --- USA --- New Age. --- Verbraucherverhalten. --- USA. --- Consumers --- Market economy --- Economics --- Profit --- Capital --- Consumer demand --- Consumer spending --- Consumerism --- Spending, Consumer --- Demand (Economic theory) --- Anthropology. --- Business. --- Caregiving. --- Cultural Studies. --- Economics. --- Folklore. --- Health. --- Linguistics. --- Literature. --- Medicine.
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Carter, Angela, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Love in literature
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In this collection of essays prominent folklorists look at varied modern uses and contexts of proverbs and proverbial speech, some traditional and conventional, others new and unexpected. After the editors' introduction discussing the history and status of attempts to define proverbs, describing their contemporary circulation, and acknowledging the especially important work of paremiologist Wolfgang Meider, the contributions examine the continuing pervasiveness and idiomatic relevance of proverbs in modern culture.
Inupiat - Alaska - Teller - Social life and customs. --- Inupiat women - Alaska - Teller. --- Inupiat women - Alaska - Teller - Social conditions. --- Pinson, Elizabeth Bernhardt. --- Teller (Alaska) - History. --- Teller (Alaska) - Social life and customs. --- Inupiat women --- Inupiat --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Ethnic & Race Studies --- Social conditions --- Social life and customs --- Social conditions. --- Social life and customs. --- Pinson, Elizabeth Bernhardt, --- Teller (Alaska) --- History. --- Inupiat Eskimos --- Inupiaq --- North Alaskan Eskimos --- North Alaskan Inuit --- Northwest Alaskan Inuit --- Women, Inupiat --- Proverbes --- Proverbs - History and criticism. --- Proverbs. --- Paremiology --- Paroemiology --- Proverbs --- History and criticism. --- Inuit --- Women --- Histoire et critique --- Folklore --- Languages --- Mieder, Wolfgang.
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African American women --- Feminism --- Feminist theory --- Group identity --- Group identity. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE --- SOCIAL SCIENCE --- Self-care, Health --- Self-care, Health. --- Women --- Women --- Social conditions. --- Political aspects. --- General. --- Women's Studies. --- Socialization --- Socialization.
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