This volume investigates the historical evolution of 'everyday health' in the postwar world, shifting focus from expert-driven narratives to the lived experiences of individuals. It examines how factors such as gender, class, race, sexuality, disability, and age shaped health and wellbeing from 1950 to the present day. The book champions bottom-up methodologies for researching health, subjectivity, and embodiment, providing insights relevant to a broad range of historical studies. By critically engaging with the concept of 'everyday health,' this collection aims to influence future scholarship in the history of health and medicine.

This volume establishes 'everyday health' as a crucial concept for future histories of health and medicine, drawing together cutting-edge scholarship. The collection moves away from traditional top-down histories, instead centering the day-to-day lives of people in diverse contexts from 1950 to the present. It explores how various social factors mediated experiences of health and wellbeing, offering insights applicable to scholars across different times and places. The book foregrounds methodologies for writing bottom-up histories of health, subjectivity, and embodiment.