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

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

McPhail, Deborah

Paperback

Medical ReferenceCanadian HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 144261272X
ISBN13: 9781442612723
Publisher: Univ Of Toronto Pr
Published: Nov 5 2017
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

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.

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