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Sherds of history : domestic life in colonial Guadeloupe / Myriam Arcangeli.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arcangeli, Myriam.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pottery--Guadeloupe--History.
- Pottery.
- Ceramic materials.
- History.
- Guadeloupe--Antiquities.
- Guadeloupe.
- Antiquities.
- Ceramic materials--Guadeloupe.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmcm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
- Summary:
- Myriam Arcangeli argues in this study of ceramics that by analyzing how the people of Guadeloupe used ceramics, a larger social history of Guadeloupe emergers, a "ceramic culture" that broadens our understanding of race, class, and gender in colonial societies in both the United states and the Caribbean.
- Contents:
- A ceramic culture
- From Kakukera to Guadeloupe
- Just add water: domestic water reserves and water-storage ceramics
- A canari in the kitchen: Creole cooks, foods, and cuisine
- The Creole art of the table
- For healthy bodies and clean houses
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813060422
- 0813060427
- OCLC:
- 903361569
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