Turning ‘Space’ into ‘Place’ with Food Immigrant Women’s Food Narratives in Post-1945 North Bay, Ontario

Abstract

This article on food, identity, and place-making, examines the lives of twelve immigrant women in post-1945 North Bay, Ontario. It demonstrates how these women, as they navigated their way through kitchen and grocery store spaces, negotiated their sense of place, in connection with their identities, their memories brought from home, and their material contexts.

Résumé

Nous examinons ici la vie de douze femmes immigrantes de North Bay, Ontario, après 1945. Nous voyons comment ces femmes, qui avaient apporté une culture culinaire de leur pays d’origine, se sont adaptées aux possibilités offertes par les produits disponibles dans les épiceries de North Bay et ainsi à la vie ontarienne.