Setting the Table

Ceramics, Dining, and Cultural Exchange in Andalucía and La Florida
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-68340-004-2
Verlag: Longleaf Services on Behalf of U of Florida Press

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

Reihe: Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

Examining ceramics from eighteenth-century household sites in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, and St. Augustine, Florida, Setting the Table opens up new interpretations of cultural exchange and identity in the early modern Spanish empire. To analyze and compare tableware from these far-removed locations, Kathryn Ness proposes and employs a new vessel-based classification system to bridge the differences between existing systems. Her findings show that on both sides of the Atlantic, similar major changes to dining practices and foodways developed at almost the same time. Ness argues that early modern people were creating and expressing a distinct Spanish-American identity that retained some traditions from the home country while welcoming new ideas from an increasingly global network.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ness, Kathryn L