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OverviewNutrition advice is ubiquitous. So many experts give their opinion on which foods to favour and which to avoid that the question of diet has now become a matter of obsession. While alerting the public to the dangers of obesity, diabetes, and other potential issues that await undisciplined eaters, health professionals and government agencies also identify those responsible for these modern epidemics: it is often individuals - and usually mothers - who make poor choices. In Nourrir la machine humaine, Caroline Durand traces the origins of this rhetoric and shows how nutrition has contributed to the modernization of Quebec in a period marked by industrialization, urbanization, two world wars, and a major economic crash. She analyzes the writings, and images disseminated by physicians, nurses, nutritionists, nuns, teachers, and civil servants and shows how the rational diet they promulgated made women, children, farmers, and workers responsible for their own health while enjoining them to view their body as a machine of production in service to the state and the market. She also discusses the evolution of Quebec dietary habits and reveals that, despite the nutritional directives in place, the population maintained its preferences and mostly adopted the foods that it judged affordable and desirable. Nourrir la machine humaine questions the pertinence of nutritional advice within Quebec society and proposes explanations of its ideological and scientific roots, its effectiveness, and the resistance it engenders. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Caroline Durand , Caroline DurandPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.595kg ISBN: 9780773544888ISBN 10: 0773544887 Pages: 324 Publication Date: 22 May 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Language: French Table of ContentsReviewsCe livre exceptionnel, merveilleusement ecrit et argumente, contribue de facon importante a notre connaissance de la culture de l'alimentation, de la politique de la sante et de la pauvrete, de l'histoire du genre et des femmes et de l'histoire du Quebec. Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph Fonde sur une vaste recherche et sur une exploitation creative et nuancee de sources diverses provenances, Nourrir la machine humaine contribue aux debats sur la modernite et l'antimodernisme au Quebec et sur la question nationale. D'une grande originalite, cet ouvrage sans equivalents dans l'historiographie canadienne et quebecoise ouvre veritablement un nouveau champ de la recherche. Denyse Baillargeon, Universite de Montreal Ce livre exceptionnel, merveilleusement ecrit et argumente, contribue de facon importante a notre connaissance de la culture de l'alimentation, de la politique de la sante et de la pauvrete, de l'histoire du genre et des femmes et de l'histoire du Quebec. Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph """Fonde sur une vaste recherche et sur une exploitation creative et nuancee de sources diverses provenances, Nourrir la machine humaine contribue aux debats sur la modernite et l'antimodernisme au Quebec et sur la question nationale. D'une grande originalite, cet ouvrage sans equivalents dans l'historiographie canadienne et quebecoise ouvre veritablement un nouveau champ de la recherche."" Denyse Baillargeon, Universite de Montreal ""Ce livre exceptionnel, merveilleusement ecrit et argumente, contribue de facon importante a notre connaissance de la culture de l'alimentation, de la politique de la sante et de la pauvrete, de l'histoire du genre et des femmes et de l'histoire du Quebec."" Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph" Fonde sur une vaste recherche et sur une exploitation creative et nuancee de sources diverses provenances, Nourrir la machine humaine contribue aux debats sur la modernite et l'antimodernisme au Quebec et sur la question nationale. D'une grande originalite, cet ouvrage sans equivalents dans l'historiographie canadienne et quebecoise ouvre veritablement un nouveau champ de la recherche. Denyse Baillargeon, Universite de Montreal Ce livre exceptionnel, merveilleusement ecrit et argumente, contribue de facon importante a notre connaissance de la culture de l'alimentation, de la politique de la sante et de la pauvrete, de l'histoire du genre et des femmes et de l'histoire du Quebec. Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph Author InformationCaroline Durand is assistant professor of history and Canadian studies at Trent University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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