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Eating is one of the most innate human instincts. People need food to survive, and food and the culture around eating have been transformed into indicators of personal, community, and national identity. As an often-overlooked branch of social history, food history provides a critical look into the social nature of our nation’s past, as well as the effect of food on the culture and politics of Canada. It is for these reasons our course has decided to mount an exhibit in Special Collections on the history of food in Canada, showcasing the Library’s historical cookbooks. We will be structuring our exhibit through the lens of the following critical themes: Food Nationalism, Women and Community, Multi-culinary-ism, Business of Food, and Local Food Sources in Kingston, using cookbooks dating as far back as the 19th century. These will be brought together to share a glimpse into the study of food history and its importance within Canadian Social History. Sifting through the impressive assortment of cookbooks that W.D Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections has to offer will lead to the selection and presentation of 25 cookbooks that are an essential representation of the food history of the nation. Representing our classmates, we hope to share an overview of our research with Inquiry@Queen’s and promote our exhibit, which opens two weeks after the conference. |
