Creole Clay : Heritage Ceramics in the Contemporary Caribbean /

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In this book, Patricia Fay tells the history of the Anglophone Caribbean by documenting the material culture in the form of locally made earthenware pots--everyday objects that have been central to domestic life dating from precolonial to postcolonial times. Over the course of twenty years and multi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fay, Patricia J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pottery.
Indian pottery.
ART > Caribbean & Latin American.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES > Pottery & Ceramics.
ART > Ceramics.
Indian pottery > Caribbean Area > History.
Pottery > Caribbean Area > History.
Caribbean Area.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: old pots make good soup
  • Saint Lucia: Tout moun ki ka fe Kannawi
  • Shaping culture: traditional forms
  • Process: production methods in Choiseul
  • Provenance: creating context in Saint Lucia
  • Creole clay: cultural legacies in Caribbean ceramics
  • Nevis and Antigua: a tale of two villages
  • Jamaica: Spanish town Yabbas and the Kingston walkaround style
  • Barbados: the potters of Chalky Mount
  • Trinidad and Guyana: indians in the Americas
  • Conclusion: coalpots and cruise ships.

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