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OverviewTobacco, Pipes, and Race in Colonial Virginia investigates the economic and social power that surrounded the production and use of tobacco pipes in colonial Virginia and the difficulty of correlating objects with cultural identities. A common artifact in colonial period sites, previous publications on this subject have focused on the decorations on the pipes or which ethnic group produced and used the pipes, “European,” “African,” or “Indian.” This book weaves together new interpretations, analytical techniques, classification schemes, historical background, and archaeological methods and theory. Special attention is paid to the subfield of African diaspora research to display the complexities of understanding this class of material culture. This fascinating study is accessible to the undergraduate reader, as well as to graduate students and scholars. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anna S Agbe-DaviesPublisher: Left Coast Press Inc Imprint: Left Coast Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9781611323962ISBN 10: 1611323967 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 31 December 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAnna S. Agbe-Davies's study of little tubes of mighty power is carried out with theoretical sophistication and methodological rigor. Moving beyond issues of identity revealed by decorative aspects of clay pipes, Agbe-Davies transforms the analysis and discussion of this artifact class into one of power, agency, and social relations in colonial Virginia. In doing so, she skillfully maneuvers between the mindsets of seventeenth-century Virginians and twenty-first century archaeologists through the application of a critical systematics. This is an important book, one which should be read by social archaeologists, social historians, and students of these fields. --Peter E. Siegel, Dept of Anthropology and Center for Heritage & Archaeological Studies, Montclair State University Analyzing locally made tobacco clay pipes, Anna Agbe-Davies shows us that ethnic groups and races are socially constructed categories. Using new analytical techniques and classification schemes, Agbe-Davies develops an important investigation that challenges some of our traditional views of material culture. Tobacco, Pipes, and Race in Colonial Virginia is destined to become one of the influential treatises in our discipline. --Paul A. Shackel, University of Maryland Analyzing locally made tobacco clay pipes, Anna Agbie Davies shows us that ethnic groups and races are socially constructed categories. Using new analytical techniques and classification schemes Agbie Davies develops an important investigation that challenges some of our traditional views of material culture. Tobacco, Pipes, and Race in Colonial Virginia is destined to become one of the influential treatises in our discipline. --Paul A. Shackel, University of Maryland Anna S. Agbe-Davies s study of little tubes of mighty power is carried out with theoretical sophistication and methodological rigor. Moving beyond issues of identity revealed by decorative aspects of clay pipes, Agbe-Davies transforms the analysis and discussion of this artifact class into one of power, agency, and social relations in colonial Virginia. In doing so, she skillfully maneuvers between the mindsets of seventeenth-century Virginians and twenty-first century archaeologists through the application of a critical systematics. This is an important book, one which should be read by social archaeologists, social historians, and students of these fields. Peter E. Siegel, Dept of Anthropology and Center for Heritage & Archaeological Studies, Montclair State University Author Information"Anna Agbe-Davies is a historical archaeologist and assistant professor at UNC Chapel Hill, USA. She has a longstanding interest in the plantation societies of the colonial southeastern US and Caribbean, with a particular focus on the African diaspora. Agbe-Davies co-edited Social Archaeologies of Trade and Exchange , as well as contributing chapters on the concept of freedom in the archaeology of post-Emancipation African diasporas and on text analysis as a method for understanding the concept of ""community.""" Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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