An ethnography of disordered eating in urban Canada

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dc.contributor.authorTanner, Janis
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorFerzacca, Steven
dc.date.accessioned2007-07-13T19:30:28Z
dc.date.available2007-07-13T19:30:28Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionvi, 182 leaves ; 29 cm.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the problem of disordered eating based on ethnographic fieldwork in emergency shelters, soup kitchens, and eating disorder support groups, as well as interviews with medical professionals, and other residents of a Canadian city. This person-centered ethnography that explores the eating behaviors of not only those who have been diagnosed with 'eating disorders', but also those who are unable at times to provide themselves with food reveals that in spite of a prevailing discourse that determines eating as an independent act, food choices and eating patterns are dependent social 'works of the imagination' affected and shaped by social determinants and cultural norms. From eating disorders to type 2 diabetes and 'food as gift,' the lived experience of individuals indexes the ways in which food, power, and identity are enmeshed and embedded within culture. This critical perspective argues that disordered eating is socially and culturally produced and reproduced.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/362
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2006en
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Anthropologyen
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen
dc.subjectEating disorders -- Canada -- Cross-cultural studiesen
dc.subjectEating disorders -- Social aspects -- Canadaen
dc.titleAn ethnography of disordered eating in urban Canadaen
dc.typeThesisen
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