PreviewsAmy Shaw

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  Fat and the Body in the Long Nineteenth Century

  Meanings, Measures, and Representations

  Amy Shaw (Editor), Lynn Kennedy (Editor)

  This book examines the lively and complex 19th- and early 20th-century debates about the meaning of fat and its varied implications for health, beauty, and class status. Divided into four sections, the book addresses epistemologies, artistic and literary representations, the turn toward measurement, and the connections to imperialism and colonialism.

  (University of Toronto Press, $60.00 Hardcover, 288 pages, ISBN: 978-14-87553-39-5)  

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  Making the Best of It

  Women and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland during the Second World War

  Sarah Glassford (Editor), Amy Shaw (Editor)

  This book examines the ways in which gender and other identities intersected to shape the experiences of mainstream and minority female Canadians and Newfoundlanders during the war, broadening the scope of what is known about the changes the war wrought in their lives, and addressing wider debates about memory, historiography, and feminism.

  (UBC Press, $89.95 Hardcover, 310 pages, ISBN: 978-07-74862-77-6)