%0 Journal Article
%T ¡°Sex and the Island¡±: Lives of Single Women in Prince Edward Island
%A Kristie Collins
%J Island Studies Journal
%D 2011
%I University of Prince Edward Island
%X This article considers the significance attributed to Prince Edward Island in managing a marginalized single female identity, as presented by accounts of thirty never-married and previously-married Island women, aged twenty-seven through sixty-five. As popular media and social narratives overwhelmingly position contemporary single women against an urban backdrop, the question arises as to whether unmarried Island women feel ¡°marooned¡± in ways their urban counterparts may not. In accordance with feminist aims to produce research for, rather than about, women¡¯s lives, the paper focuses on two themes from fieldwork interviews that were of particular interest to participants. The first theme relates to negotiating female singleness within the Island¡¯s family-centered culture, and the second theme presents participants¡¯ talk around advantages and disadvantages of living in Prince Edward Island, Canada, as single women. The paper concludes with a summary of other findings from the study and suggestions for future research on female singleness and island locales.
%K female singleness
%K identity construction
%K island studies
%K lived experience
%K narrative
%K Prince Edward Island
%K stigma management
%U http://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/islandstudies.ca/files/ISJ-6-1-2011-Collins_0.pdf