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.