Stuck Between ‘the Rock’ and a Hard Place: Re-imagining Rural Newfoundland Feminine Subjectivities Beyond the Global Imaginary and Rural Crisis
There has been a growing body of research exploring the mobility experiences of rural youth as they migrate in search of work, education and leisure. In this paper we contribute to this body of knowledge by examining the mobility experiences of young women (16-24 years) living on the southwest coast...
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ftmemorialuniv:oai:research.library.mun.ca:8485 2023-10-01T03:57:33+02:00 Stuck Between ‘the Rock’ and a Hard Place: Re-imagining Rural Newfoundland Feminine Subjectivities Beyond the Global Imaginary and Rural Crisis Power, Nicole Gerarda Norman, Moss E. 2014-01 application/pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/8485/ https://research.library.mun.ca/8485/1/Norman_%26_Power_Stuck_between_the_rock.pdf https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2013.855707 en eng Taylor & Francis https://research.library.mun.ca/8485/1/Norman_%26_Power_Stuck_between_the_rock.pdf Power, Nicole Gerarda <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Power=3ANicole_Gerarda=3A=3A.html> and Norman, Moss E. <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Norman=3AMoss_E=2E=3A=3A.html> (2014) Stuck Between ‘the Rock’ and a Hard Place: Re-imagining Rural Newfoundland Feminine Subjectivities Beyond the Global Imaginary and Rural Crisis. Gender, Place & Culture, 22 (1). pp. 50-66. ISSN 1360-0524 cc_by_nc Article PeerReviewed 2014 ftmemorialuniv https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2013.855707 2023-09-03T06:46:54Z There has been a growing body of research exploring the mobility experiences of rural youth as they migrate in search of work, education and leisure. In this paper we contribute to this body of knowledge by examining the mobility experiences of young women (16-24 years) living on the southwest coast of Newfoundland, Canada. In contrast to dominant constructions of rural crisis that position out of the way places as in decline, dying or dead, we argue that the young women in our study articulated complex, affective relations to place. In so doing they negotiated localized histories, prevailing social relations, broader discursive constructions and embodied affective connections in forging their emplaced feminine subjectivities. We argue that foregrounding the complex and at times contradictory relationships that the young women articulated with their rural homes is an important step in prying open dominant albeit constraining constructions of the rural, thereby allowing for alternative and more inhabitable imaginings of out of the way places. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Research Repository Canada Gender, Place & Culture 22 1 50 66 |
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There has been a growing body of research exploring the mobility experiences of rural youth as they migrate in search of work, education and leisure. In this paper we contribute to this body of knowledge by examining the mobility experiences of young women (16-24 years) living on the southwest coast of Newfoundland, Canada. In contrast to dominant constructions of rural crisis that position out of the way places as in decline, dying or dead, we argue that the young women in our study articulated complex, affective relations to place. In so doing they negotiated localized histories, prevailing social relations, broader discursive constructions and embodied affective connections in forging their emplaced feminine subjectivities. We argue that foregrounding the complex and at times contradictory relationships that the young women articulated with their rural homes is an important step in prying open dominant albeit constraining constructions of the rural, thereby allowing for alternative and more inhabitable imaginings of out of the way places. |
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Stuck Between ‘the Rock’ and a Hard Place: Re-imagining Rural Newfoundland Feminine Subjectivities Beyond the Global Imaginary and Rural Crisis |
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