3. Family and Political Culture in Pre-Conquest Acadia

Basque, Maurice; Plank, Geoffrey; Wicken, William C.

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“…58 The Blanchards' wealth in the earlier censuses and Pierre Blanchard's later status as a deputy makes the Blanchards a nominal part of the so-called "elite" Acadian families -mostly defined as including the wealthiest and most politically connected families, often centered around the Melansons and de la Tours. 59 The most complete set of scissors to date was uncovered at Belleisle, at the house of Germain Savoie and his family (Figure 9). The intact scissors are heavily corroded but in otherwise good condition and bear a striking resemblance to snips on display in an image of a peddler's sale case from 1742 (Figure 10).…”

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Scissors, Embellishment, and Womanhood: The Material Culture of Acadian Sewing to 1755

Doda¹

2021

Acadiensis

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Des recherches archéologiques portant sur quatre établissements acadiens ont révélé la présence d'un nombre curieusement élevé de paires de ciseaux de couture et de broderie dans les fermes familiales. Le présent article examine ces artefacts et constate que la proportion élevée d'outils pour travaux délicats et le caractère décoratif d'un grand nombre de ces travaux révèlent un intérêt culturel pour la broderie et l'ornementation, et un lien avec l'évolution des conceptions européennes de ce qu'une femme distinguée doit accomplir. Ces signes de statut étaient interprétés de façon différente dans le contexte colonial acadien, ce qui a peut-être contribué à donner aux observateurs de l'extérieur l'impression que les Acadiens étaient indolents et ne respectaient pas la structure de l'autorité coloniale.Archaeological investigations of four Acadian settlements have revealed a curiously high number of pairs of sewing and embroidery scissors present at the homesteads. This article examines those artifacts and finds that the high ratio of fine-work tools and the decorative nature of many of the examples reveal a cultural interest in embroidery and embellishment, and a connection to changing European conceptions of genteel feminine accomplishment. These status signals read differently in the Acadian settlement context, which may in turn have contributed to outside observers' impressions of the Acadians as indolent and without respect for the structure of colonial authority.

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Scissors, Embellishment, and Womanhood: The Material Culture of Acadian Sewing to 1755

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2021

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3. Family and Political Culture in Pre-Conquest Acadia

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Scissors, Embellishment, and Womanhood: The Material Culture of Acadian Sewing to 1755

Scissors, Embellishment, and Womanhood: The Material Culture of Acadian Sewing to 1755

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