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This article analyzes various facets of self-image, starting from the dialectic between the intimate, in the way it reveals itself to the other in the loving couple, and the extimate, the self-image sought in the gaze of others and, for the baby, in the gaze of the mother first and foremost. Based on this opposition, we question the position of the arrogant, the conformist, or the snob, as well as the prison in which the extimate confines the mythomaniac. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Research Framework: This article is based on a doctoral thesis in Social Work on the development of a generic marriage preparation program within the Maronite Church in Lebanon. In this context, marriage preparation faces major challenges such as reluctance and disinterest on the part of couples, mainly as a result from insufficient adaptation to contemporary expectations.Objectives: To develop a generic marriage preparation program that meets the needs and aspirations of couples, while encouraging their active participation. The objectives of this process are to involve participants in the analysis of existing marriage preparation programs, in the study of couples’ needs, and in the design of the program.Methodology: This study is supported by a needs analysis as a program planning tool. Results from the first phase of data collection were used as the basis for the initial development of a generic marriage preparation program. The second phase featured an interactive community forum that aimed to finalize the program.Results: The analysis of current programs and couples’ needs led to the design of a program with a dual preventive and promotional focus. This program outlines the skills and learning objectives targeted, the key concepts, the content components, as well as the pedagogical and management approach. It leaves it up to the participants to adapt it according to their expertise and resources.Conclusion: Research highlights the importance of premarital preparation for contemporary couples, while stressing the importance of addressing their needs and concerns.Contributions: To offer a marriage preparation program that is adapted to the needs of contemporary couples and that incorporates motivational strategies to encourage their active commitment, and thus enhance their responsibility for the success of their marriage.

Research Framework: Existing studies agree that the work involved in managing debts and their consequences is mostly undertaken by women. We know that this debt work involves more deprivation and sacrifice, but we do not know its effects on women’s wealth.Objectives : This article identifies processes explaining the link between debt work and the decline of women’s wealth.Methodology: This article is based on 44 semi-structured interviews conducted in Switzerland with overindebted couples with or without children as part of two debt-related research projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (2016-2022).Results: We show that the predominance of women in debt work can be explained by the fact that it is not just financial and administrative work. It is experienced as parental and conjugal care work. Concern for and preservation of family members’ well-being, especially children, leads women to invest their own assets. Perceived as a means of doing gender in a situation of over-indebtedness by acting as a “good” mother and spouse, this work and the inequalities it produces are not called into question.Conclusion : The financialization of everyday life implies new forms of financial work, such as debt work, which reinforce wealth inequalities within the family, with men’s wealth and that of their children being preserved to the prejudice of women’s wealth. In this regard, the financial assets of each family members have different meanings, with women’s wealth becoming an adjustment variable in the event of economic difficulties, enabling family status and good family relations to be maintained.Contribution : By focusing on the financial burdens carried by women, this article offers a new approach to understanding the gendered processes involved in the constitution of wealth inequalities, which until now have focused mainly on gendered access to money and inheritance.

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Objective. The main purpose of this research article was to recognize the conceptions of love and its transformations in the postmodern pandemic scenario in the city of Medellín, Colombia. Methodology. The research is based on a qualitative methodology, carried out through 30 semi-structured interviews with the general population and a Delphi adaptation with four experts in interpersonal relationships. Results. The main results show how confinement and the pandemic affected the value of intimacy and emotional connection, expectations in romantic relationships, and the increased need for emotional support. In this regard, the article demonstrates how these changes, although originating from the confinement, have persisted afterward. Conclusions. It is concluded that perceptions of the concept of love have undergone permanent changes as a consequence of the pandemic, resulting in more volatile, momentary, and less solid emotional bonds.

Drawing on various approaches such as anthropology, sociology, child and family law, philosophy, and psychoanalysis, we will attempt to describe the contemporary mutations of parenting forms in order to understand the involved processes. We will question the role of the couple as the foundation of the family and analyze the role of the imaginary in the construction of social representations. Then, we will demonstrate how, by deconstructing normative frameworks such as marital bonds and gender duality, our society simultaneously establishes new norms, such as the unalienable link of filiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Cet article plaide pour analyser le couple à la croisée des études de genre et de la sociologie de la littérature, deux traditions de recherche au sein desquelles cette institution sociale a fait l’objet de traitements déséquilibrés, plus poussés dans la première que dans la seconde. L’étude des trajectoires et des textes de Marie NDiaye et Jean-Yves Cendrey, deux écrivain·es professionnel·les marié·es publié·es depuis la deuxième moitié des années 1980 chez Minuit, P.O.L., L’Olivier, Gallimard et Actes Sud, veut au contraire illustrer l’intérêt qu’il y a à articuler les échelles individuelles et conjugales pour envisager des modes de socialisation, de sociabilité, de lecture, d’écriture, d’interventions médiatiques et de positionnements littéraires. Contrepoids symbolique et matériel face aux maisons d’édition et aux médias, ce couple peut dès lors apparaître comme un garant de l’autonomie relative dans le champ littéraire, où il a partiellement déjoué les positionnements littéraires et la répartition historique du capital symbolique au prisme des rapports sociaux de sexe, de race et de classe.

Research framework : This article presents an analysis of Hydro-Québec residential customers’ responses which asked them to evaluate their household’s situation in terms of various environmental practices, eco-citizenship commitments and other aspects that distinguish their situation from that of other households.Objectives : To examine whether the occasional or regular practice of actions that can reduce electricity consumption is linked to others eco-citizenship practices. Also, to describe the differences in the integration of these actions into routines and habits, according to the situation of the participant and their household during the stages of adulthood and residential, family and economic trajectories.Methodology : A multivariate, factorial and classification tree analyses of data from an Internet survey with a probabilistic sample of over 2,200 participants.Results : In Quebec, electricity-saving practices are statistically linked to water-saving practices, and not to other practices aimed at reducing the harmful effects of consuming material goods. The environmental practices studied generally appear to be more integrated into the daily lives of retired households, and less practised among younger people who work, or living with children or teenagers.Conclusions : The conclusions underline the value of tracking electricity-saving practices when dressing an overall portrait of eco-citizenship actions. They also discuss our ongoing qualitative study as part of an extension of this research. Contribution : The article provides a global representation of variations in the practice of the most common environmental actions, paying particular attention to the stages of adulthood and the presence of spouses and children of different ages in the household.

Research framework: Although immigrants participate in many areas of the host society, their integration may prove difficult, for a longer or shorter time after their arrival.Objectives: This issue aims to provide a better understanding of the trajectories of migrant families and their contributions to the societies to which they belong. It aims to give an account of adaptation and integration strategies based on pre- and post-migration histories, through the prism of the family.Methodology: The methods come from a variety of disciplinary fields, including sociology, anthropology, social and transcultural psychiatry, literature, psychology, social work and history. The various qualitative approaches mainly concern family and individual trajectories, as well as intergenerational trajectories, in various places.Results: Family transformations result from factors linked to the family's pre-migration past, but also from the characteristics of the society where migrants arrive, including the bureaucracy surrounding migration and settlement, the services provided (or not provided) to migrant families, non-recognition of qualifications and work experience, discrimination, and so on. These aspects that are "external" to the family can condition relationships, well-being and quality of life within the family.Conclusion: Migration transforms families who arrive or who start into host countries. Their integration and participation in host societies and the links maintained with the country of origin are influenced by a series of individual, family, societal and global factors. In particular, parental migration can have significant consequences on the well-being of children who may have experienced trauma and anxiety following difficult situations along the way.Contribution: Using a multidisciplinary qualitative approach, the authors demonstrate the importance of documenting family issues associated with migration. The complexity of migrants' journeys, their resilience and their ability to adapt to the host society described in this issue bear witness to the urgent need to work towards better recognition of their skills, simplify administrative procedures and facilitate their access to healthcare.

Research framework: Although immigrants participate in many areas of the host society, their integration may prove difficult, for a longer or shorter time after their arrival.Objectives: This issue aims to provide a better understanding of the trajectories of migrant families and their contributions to the societies to which they belong. It aims to give an account of adaptation and integration strategies based on pre- and post-migration histories, through the prism of the family.Methodology: The methods come from a variety of disciplinary fields, including sociology, anthropology, social and transcultural psychiatry, literature, psychology, social work and history. The various qualitative approaches mainly concern family and individual trajectories, as well as intergenerational trajectories, in various places.Results: Family transformations result from factors linked to the family's pre-migration past, but also from the characteristics of the society where migrants arrive, including the bureaucracy surrounding migration and settlement, the services provided (or not provided) to migrant families, non-recognition of qualifications and work experience, discrimination, and so on. These aspects that are "external" to the family can condition relationships, well-being and quality of life within the family.Conclusion: Migration transforms families who arrive or who start into host countries. Their integration and participation in host societies and the links maintained with the country of origin are influenced by a series of individual, family, societal and global factors. In particular, parental migration can have significant consequences on the well-being of children who may have experienced trauma and anxiety following difficult situations along the way.Contribution: Using a multidisciplinary qualitative approach, the authors demonstrate the importance of documenting family issues associated with migration. The complexity of migrants' journeys, their resilience and their ability to adapt to the host society described in this issue bear witness to the urgent need to work towards better recognition of their skills, simplify administrative procedures and facilitate their access to healthcare.

Research framework: The challenges faced by immigrant families in Quebec are well documented, but we know little about their effects on couples, especially those that remain together. The scientific literature on conjugal dynamics in migration is often limited to the emancipatory potential of migration for women within their couples. Nevertheless, a part of the literature reveals how the family becomes a refuge from the structural inequalities experienced in migration, which does not occur without asymmetries between spouses. Objectives: The aim of this article is to propose a new reading of the conjugal dynamics in migration based on the cases of highly qualified, bi-active couples through the perspective of money management and residential trade-offs between spouses.Methodology: The empirical material comes from individual interviews of the “narratives of life places” type conducted with immigrants (n=25) of various origins in heterosexual couples, cohabiting and parenting, settled in the Montreal area and selected in the category of “qualified workers” by Quebec.Results: Three ways of “making a couple” in migration emerge. They depend on the premigratory conjugal ideal, on the confrontation with migratory ordeals, and on the redefinition of the spouses’ priorities during settlement. The weight of migratory hardships varies according to couples, their resources, and their characteristics.Conclusions: Our analyses show that migratory hardships redefine the notion of “success” of the migratory project for these couples, in which the priority given to family well-being is increased. Migration thus becomes a possible driver of inequality within couples, to the detriment of female partners.Contribution: Better settlement conditions are needed if these spouses are to reconcile their ideal conceptions of the couple with their new reality.

Les enfants du nouveau monde is a novel by Assia Djebar which deals with the Algerian Revolution and armed combat during the 1950 it deals with subjects that remained taboo in colonial Algerian society, in particular that of the couple and the status of women. For a long time, women had to lead an existence “conforming” to traditions, customs, religious dogmas and social conventions. The author shows the hierarchy of couples from the difficult times of colonization to reveal the struggle of these women within their families and with their husbands. A single fight that the woman stoically accepts to decide, from now on, alone on the course of her life. In our article, our intention is to “denounce” the place granted, in literature, to the female subject within the couple by a masculine and traditionalist society.

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In his play, Love me tender created in 2017, Jean-Hugues Mirédin summons both parody, humour and stereotypes, as well as the questioning of phenotypes and representations of gendered identities. The play questions gendered symbolic constructions within scenic images and work on imaginary bodies that suggest an omnipresent violence and tension at the heart of gender relations. If virility becomes burlesque here, the link remains strong between the eroticization of the female body and the violence of sexual desire, while the couple finally appears as a pure game of signifiers.

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Le spectacle peut prendre des formes variées compte tenu la diversité des expressions des émotions humaines. Le film-documentaire est une expression valorisée par l’écrivaine francophone d’origine algérienne, Assia Djebar. Son œuvre filmique tourne autour deux productions : La Nouba des femmes du mont Chenoua (1978) et La Zerda ou les Chants de l’oubli (1982). Les deux long-métrages ont en commun le regard sur le passé colonial de l’Algérie, la reconstitution des scènes de la guerre de libération et la vie quotidienne des algériens. Dans le présent travail, l’analyse et les observations se concentrent sur La Nouba des femmes du mont Chenoua par rapport au roman djebarien La femme sans sépulture où Assia reprend l’histoire de l’héroïne oubliée de la guerre, Zoulikha. À travers son histoire, Assia reprend celle de la communauté entière et met en évidence l’image de la vie familiale. L’œil de la caméra s’arrête sur le couple que forment Lila et son mari immobilisé dans un fauteuil roulant. Tous les élements utilisés dans la production du long-métrage La Nouba des femmes du mont Chenoua contribuent à la création d’une image complexe de la vie sur le territoire algérien.

Résumé : Les littératures féminines subsahariennes de langue française font leur apparition vers la fin du 20ème siècle. Les auteurs femmes prennent ainsi la parole pour dénoncer les injustices dont souffre la femme et ce, dans une société où le patriarcat s’impose et où les traditions se manifestent à l’encontre des Droits de la femme. Dans le cadre de notre analyse, nous envisageons de présenter la situation de la femme dans le couple à partir de deux romans subsahariens : Une si longue lettre de Mariama Bâ publié en 1979 et Juletane de Myriam Warner-Vieyra publié en 1982. Nous nous arrêterons dans cette analyse aux couples mariés et nous nous limiterons aux couples principaux de nos deux œuvres. Pour chaque couple, nous nous interrogerons sur l’amour et sa relation avec le bonheur, la famille et la société qui influencent la relation entre les deux conjoints, les traditions et leur impact sur le couple.

“LOVERS-FRIENDS”, THE ALTERNATIVE TO EROS? A PARATOPIC INTERPRETATION OF THE COUPLE IN PANAÏT ISTRATI’S ONCLE ANGHEL AND PRÉSENTATION DES HAÏDOUCS Panaït Istrati used to grant a considerable place on his oeuvre to his experience and thought. However, their impact on his love and couple’s representations remains littleknown yet despite their influence on the writer’s paratopias, on his Oncle Anghel and Présentation des haïdoucs and on their originality. This paper aims to examine the effects of two paratopias on the vision of Oncle Anghel and Présentation des haïdoucs on the couple’s love and to measure its originality, compared to the author’s first plots and contextualized in the period of the interwar.

Résumé: Durant la période du vieillissement, le travail psychique impose de nombreux remaniements et ce en un temps où les modalités de compensation ou de réaménagement ne seraient plus aussi opérantes que par le passé. Sur ce parcours, les conduites d'alcoolisation peuvent s'insérer et bouleverser les fonctionnements familiaux et conjugaux. Dans le fonctionnement conjugal alcoolique, la codépendance du couple induit des relations et comportements spécifiques des deux partenaires. Dans ce fonctionnement, présenté dans la vignette clinique, cette notion s'inscrit dans un phénomène de pseudocomplémentarité acceptable où le jeu génère à la fois de la souffrance et des bénéfices secondaires. Il participe à l'homéostasie du couple et donc à la pérennité du fonctionnement de celui-ci tout en favorisant également la poursuite de l'alcoolisation. Il induit un changement de positionnement générationnel voire un désengagement vis-à-vis des lois du couple et une propension à l'infantilisation. L'accompagnement thérapeutique du couple à travers les entretiens orientés dans une approche systémique a permis d'offrir un soutien à la parole de chacun et des deux dans la quête de l'origine de leur lien mis à mal par le processus de vieillissement et les conduites d'alcoolisation. During the aging process, mental work requires many adjustments at a time when the methods of compensation or reorganisation may not be as effective as in the past. During this time, alcoholism may well intervene with and disrupt the functioning of the couple and the family. Where alcoholism is present, interdependence of the couple induces a specific relationship and a behavior pattern in both partners. In the functioning of the couple illustrated by a clinical case this notion is apparent within a phenomenon of acceptable pseudo-complementarity functioning where the behavior generates both suffering and spinoff benefits. This behavior contributes to the homeostasis of the couple and therefore to its continuation while also favouring the durability of alcoholism. It induces a different generational positioning, a break with the codes governing behavior within the couple, and it also leads to a tendency to infantilization. Moreover, the fear of losing the object of one's investment drives the dependency system. In these conditions, the couple, who need to anticipate this loss, generate a vicious circle which leads to the alienation of each of the partners. They adopt a deprivation avoidance behavior by establishing dependency, a preventive and paradoxical treatment for separation: "so not to lose you, I am constantly in need". This behavior is influenced by the potential distancing of one of the partners due to their serious excesses or the staggering sense of separation associated with aging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Panaït Istrati is known as a writer granting an important place to his own life, reflections and beliefs in his literary work. Nevertheless, their influence has not been perceived when it comes to his depiction of love in the couple. Yet this influence on the birth and superposition of the writer’s paratopia’s explain the originality of these representations in Kyra Kyralina and Oncle Anghel. This article aims to consider two origins to these paratopia’s, to grasp their effects on the view of the works of fiction on the couple’s love and to take the measure of its originality, once contextualized in the interwar period’s society and literary production.

The family is part of the phenomena for which there was an interest especially in all societies. Knowledge of the functioning of this institution it is of paramount societal importance, given that it leaves itself, directly or indirectly, the imprint on the entire socio-economic system. So, on the state of the family depends, first of all, the reproduction of the population in a society, socialization / education of new generations, creation and transmission spiritual values, behaviour patterns, process organization production and consumption etc. This article is presenting the most important theoretical contributions – from psycho-sociological point of view – on the family institution. The concept of family is analysed in a correlation with the concept of “couple”. Also, the article is presenting the most important typologies of families that are used in scientific literature, mainly the sociological one. We have tried to present in a comparative manner what are the characteristics of the traditional family and modern family in our contemporary society

Based on an empirical survey of 22 women, this article addresses the issue of sexual agency. It examines the way they were able to become actors of their desire within the marital relationship. The paper focuses on the links between socialization and sexuality in order to analyse the role of events in enabling these women to adopt the model of individual desire, reflecting a more individualistic than relational orientation to sexuality. The first section discusses the steps involved in constructing a sexuality that they find satisfying, the second discusses their practices within the current marital relationship, and the third focuses on the points of divergence that distinguish three paths of sexual agency.

Self-care is best when the partner is actively involved in the whole process of managing the heart failure (HF) patient. Heart failure could be improved by educational sessions based on the teach-back approach. The aim is to equip healthcare staff, including French-speaking nurses, with the two-way teach-back approach, with a specific component on self-care for HF couples., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

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Research Framework: The separation of couples is a common phenomenon today. Far from being a “formality”, this test can, however, have a lasting impact on people. Objectives: The aim is to identify the different “self-reconstruction” paths (which do not always lead to a new couple) and the factors that favour them. Methodology: We conducted interviews on 87 people who had lived at least ten years in a relationship and who had been separated for at least two years (to allow time for the “self-reconstruction” process to operate). We conducted three interviews per subject. Results: The effects of separation differ whether the person left or is the one to leave. The “departing” person reveals that he could not have done otherwise. The “left” person appears to be a victim but, in order to not solely define himself as such, also takes a part of the responsibility. We were able to identify many paths of “self-reconstruction” which do not all lead to the formation of a new relationship (couple). The relations with colleagues and friends can replace a new partner. Also, a period of solitude can lead to a renunciation of the emotional commitment to love. Conclusions: Several factors have an impact on the objectives and methods of “self-reconstruction”: the age of the children and custody’s distribution, the ghost of the “ex” when it leads to the search for an identical partner or, on the contrary for the search of the opposite, and the reason for the separation (felt as more or less legitimate). Contribution: This article provides a better understanding of how the bygone relationship plays in the various paths of “self-reconstruction”.

Research Framework: Quebec's family policy, which is very focused on family-work balance, is based in particular on two measures, the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP) and the public childcare network. These measures would, among others, promote job retention of parents, women, and men. However, this policy is implemented at a time when the labor market is becoming more precarious, particularly for people already marginalized in employment, such as women or people with a low level of education. Objectives: This article proposes to better understand the working arrangements between spouses of modest socio-economic background, starting from the story of the people concerned and then highlighting the issues underlying the family-work relationship of these parents. Methodology: The analyses presented are based on 30 qualitative interviews of a comprehensive type carried out with Quebec parents in heterosexual couples on low incomes and without a university degree (17 women and 13 men). Results: The narratives collected account for the difficulties in combining family and work when the parents are working atypical and low-paid jobs. The QPIP and reduced contribution childcare services offered in Quebec are therefore not very useful for these parents. Conclusions: The types of employment held as well as the sexual division of labor play an important role in the "choices" made by these parents regarding the use of the measures offered. Gender relations, particularly in the context of financial precariousness, hinder the achievement of the objectives of family policy concerning the family-work relationship while mothers are restricted in their access to employment. Contribution: By highlighting the difficulties of family-work relationship of working parent couples from a low socio-economic background, this article opens the discussion on the needs of parents who are generally little taken into account.

Panait Istrati used to grant a considerable place on his oeuvre to his experience and thought. However, their impact on his love and couple's representations remains little-known yet despite their influence on the writer's paratopias, on his Oncle Anghel and Présentation des haïdoucs and on their originality. This paper aims to examine the effects of two paratopias on the vision of Oncle Anghel and Présentation des haïdoucs on the couple's love and to measure its originality, compared to the author's first plots and contextualized in the period of the interwar. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Panaït Istrati is known as a writer granting an important place to his own life, reflections and beliefs in his literary work. Nevertheless, their influence has not been perceived when it comes to his depiction of love in the couple. Yet this influence on the birth and superposition of the writer’s paratopia’s explain the originality of these representations in Kyra Kyralina and Oncle Anghel. This article aims to consider two origins to these paratopia’s, to grasp their effects on the view of the works of fiction on the couple’s love and to take the measure of its originality, once contextualized in the interwar period’s society and literary production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Spouses of heart failure patients play a major role in the daily implementation of dietary measures. Although professionals rely heavily on them, the difficulties they encounter and their needs in this particular context are unknown. Objectives: Analyze the experience of wives, identify their difficulties and educational needs in the daily application of dietary recommendations. Methods: Qualitative descriptive survey including ten wives. A global assessment of their experience was first carried out, the verbatims were then analyzed and categorized. The difficulties, gaps and needs expressed were then classified into four themes: relational, emotional, cognitive and physical. Results: Although the experience was mostly positive, many relational and emotional difficulties were expressed. Discussion and conclusion: The educational needs of wives in the application of dietary recommendations are essentially relational and emotional. It suggests that the educational interventions should target the verbalization of emotions, interactions with spouse, peers and caregivers. Support should be provided throughout the illness and educational interventions should be focused on the couple. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article studies the ageing of gay men in good health in France. It places representations and expressions of experiencing ageing into perspective in basing itself on contributions from research on homosexuality, gender and old age. Two types of methods are mobilized. The first is based on the scientific literature in placing various models of ageing into perspective. The second is based on analysis of data collected between 2013 and 2015 by means of a quantitative and qualitative investigation. Analysis shows that LGBT models of ageing have changed due to a greater acceptance of homosexuality as a lifestyle coupled with an increased homosexual sociability among the el­derly – supported by social networks and the Internet. Thus, for a good number of ol­der homosexuals, living their gay identity is easier now than during their youth.

Research framework: In a context characterized both by an increase in the number of separations and by the persistence of the model of coupledom, an intimate relationship breakdown is an event that is experienced as a personal and painful ordeal by the individuals concerned. It is particularly the case since it does not only mean the end of a relationship, but also goes hand in hand with a transformation of their personal network. Objectives: We study how individuals reform the boundaries of their personal network around the people who have provided them with support and recognition. We also look at the negotiations aiming toward a fair distribution – among ex-partners – of these formerly common relationships and at the feelings, notably of injustice, generated by this sharing process. Methodology: This article is based on a detailed analysis of qualitative interviews conducted with young adults in Switzerland and England who separated from a partner with whom they used to live and had formed a common life project. Results: We show that there are both gains and losses and that five types of network can be distinguished: friendly expansion, friendly retreat, in negotiation, parental refuge and new union. This reconfiguration is also accompanied by a narrative that is centred on a concept of justice based on three principles: ownership, equal sharing and degree of guilt. Conclusions: We reveal that this work on boundaries is both concrete (loss and addition of relationships and reassessment of the degree of investment) and semantic (through the narrative developed). There is both a process of closing boundaries around people who have been supportive and a process of opening up to go beyond the couple relationship. Contribution: This article is an invitation to reflect on the reconfiguration of the boundaries of intimacy and a new understanding of conjugality, since an intimate relationship breakdown for young adults is often accompanied by hopes for the formation of a new couple.

With four seasons already broadcasted and a fifth one forthcoming, the American and British series Outlander (Starz, 2014-) is a relevant case study to explore the way the series format manifests the coherence of the character. Created by Ron Moore, the showrunner of Battlestar Galactica, Outlander is effectively paying attention to the emotional realism of its characters in a fictional world that is marked by science fiction and History. Claire Beauchamp, a young nurse from World War II, mysteriously finds herself thrown into the tense historical realm of Jacobite Scotland. The woman’s emotional weaving is being built in the long run in a series where each episode is different and contributes to the character’s enrichment. The corpus under study is composed of the first two seasons and the first half of season 3 until the reunion of Claire and Jamie Fraser after a twenty-year separation (« A.Malcolm », episode 305).In this article we intend to demonstrate how the series manages to make visible many aspects of the character by rationalizing a rich and somewhat rambling content and intensifying the storytelling at the same time. The series is all the more suitable to such a demonstration since it starts like a faithful adaptation of the original book from Diana Gabaldon and progressively emancipates itself. The series endows itself with specific narrative motifs to convey the authenticity of Claire’s female gaze. It will also be interesting to see how Claire’s emotional weaving is being developed within the couple’s matrix especially through the “conversation of absence”. Finally, taking into account the feminine gender of the series’ audience will lead to an exploration of the woman’s participatory culture in the era of digital social networking.