Setting the Table : Ceramics, Dining, and Cultural Exchange in Andalucía and La Florida

Kathryn L. Ness

ISBN 10: 1683400046 / ISBN 13: 9781683400042

Published by University Of Florida Press, 2017

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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, change, and identity in the early modern Spanish empire. This trans-Atlantic perspective sheds light on the largely underrepresented connections between the Spanish Empire and its Atlantic territories as well as the ways that Spanish and Spanish American culture came together to create something new and distinct.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 the people of Spain and the Spanish Americas influenced each other, reinterpreting and incorporating new ideas that reflected traditional Spanish culture while also assimilating French fashions, such as matching ceramics, and British items, such as tea. They were creating and expressing a distinct Spanish Atlantic identity that retained some traditions from the home country while welcoming new ideas from an increasingly global network.A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Setting the Table : Ceramics, Dining, and Cultural Exchange in Andalucía and La Florida
• Publisher: University Of Florida Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1683400046
• ISBN 13: 9781683400042
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 14D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 403 grams

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Synopsis

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, change, and identity in the early modern Spanish empire. This trans-Atlantic perspective sheds light on the largely underrepresented connections between the Spanish Empire and its Atlantic territories as well as the ways that Spanish and Spanish American culture came together to create something new and distinct.

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 the people of Spain and the Spanish Americas influenced each other, reinterpreting and incorporating new ideas that reflected traditional Spanish culture while also assimilating French fashions, such as matching ceramics, and British items, such as tea. They were creating and expressing a distinct Spanish Atlantic identity that retained some traditions from the home country while welcoming new ideas from an increasingly global network.

A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

About the Author

Kathryn L. Ness is curator of collections at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts.