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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814967703321

Autore

Arcangeli Myriam

Titolo

Sherds of history : domestic life in colonial Guadeloupe / / Myriam Arcangeli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-8130-5065-0

0-8130-5520-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Pottery - Guadeloupe - History

Ceramic materials - Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.