Deborah Mcphail: 2 books
Contours of the Nation
Making Obesity and Imagining Canada, 1945–1970
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
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...
Acquired Tastes
Why Families Eat the Way They Do
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Magazine articles, news items, and self-improvement books tell us that our daily food choices – whether we opt for steak or vegetarian, takeout or homemade, a TV dinner or a sit-down meal – serve as bold statements about who we are as individuals. Acquired Tastes makes the case that our food habits...