Contours of the Nation: Making "Obesity" and Imagining "Canada," 1945-1970 - Couverture rigide

McPhail, Deborah

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1442644508 ISBN 13 : 9781442644502

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2017

Synopsis

The obesity epidemic that is said to plague nations around the world, including Canada, is not solely a medical condition to be managed. In Canada, the discourse on obesity emerged during a time of social upheaval in the postwar period.

Contours of the Nation is the first book which historically explores obesity in Canada from a critical perspective. Deborah McPhail demonstrates how obesity as a problem was affixed to particular populations in order to separate true Canadians from others. She reveals how the articulation of obesity contributed to the Canadian colonial project in the North; where Indigenous peoples were viewed as modern Canadians due to their obesity, thereby negating any special claims to northern lands. Contours of the Nation successfully demonstrates how histories can trace the actual materialization of bodies through relations of power, particularly those pertaining to race, gender, and nation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Deborah McPhail is an assistant professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences in the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1442644508
• ISBN 13: 9781442644502
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
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• Personne responsable: non disponible