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Sherds of history : domestic life in colonial Guadeloupe / Myriam Arcangeli. [electronic resource]

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9780813055206 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sherds of history : domestic life in colonial Guadeloupe.LOC classification:
  • NK4058.G845 A73 2015
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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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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