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Abstract
Belonging is important in Newfoundland and Labrador but with its long history of patrilocality, where and to whom have women belonged? Here we consider how women who married into new families and communities in the Placentia Bay area of the province over a fifty year period (1943-1993) negotiated a place for themselves. The women, sometimes in complicity with their mothers-in-law, managed to create physical and social space through a variety of informal strategies, from managing gossip to creating a separate living space in their in-laws’ home. Some wives eventually developed a sense of belonging while others were never able to shake off their status as strangers and always felt like outsiders.
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Le sentiment d’appartenance à Terre-Neuve et au Labrador est un phénomène qui s’impose dans une tradition de patrilocalité : à qui et à quel territoire les femmes appartiennent-elles ? Cet article traite de la situation des femmes qui sont intégrées à de nouvelles familles et de nouvelles communautés dans la région de Placentia Bay sur une période de 50 ans (1943-1993), alors qu’elles doivent négocier leur place dans la communauté. Ces femmes, quelquefois de connivence avec leur belle-mère, réussissent à créer un espace physique et social par le biais de stratégies informelles. Certaines épouses développent éventuellement un sentiment d’appartenance, alors que d’autres ne franchissent jamais le statut d’étrangères.
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