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U. of Arizona Press, 1999-2001

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CoverBulls, Bullfighting, and Spanish Identities
Carrie B. Douglass.
245 pp. / 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 / 1997 (2nd ptg.)
Paper (0-8165-1652-9) $17.95s
An important study, one which promises to be widely discussed as Spain continues its uneven movement toward modernity." --Virginia Quarterly Review

"As a detailed explanation of the workings--symbolic and practical--of the bullfighting system and of how these ludic events are reconfigured in different parts of Spain, the book is authoritative and demonstrates careful archival research, excellent control of the theme literature, and solid fieldwork." --Choice

"Readers who enjoy festival will not be disappointed--Douglass takes them by the hand and never loses her lucidity amidst the merrymaking." --Journal of Anthropological Research

The matador flourishes his cape, the bull charges, the crowd cheers: this is the image of Spain best known to the world. But while the bull has long been a symbol of Spanish culture, it carries more meaning than has previously been recognized.

CoverAndalusian Ceramics in Spain and New Spain
A Cultural Register from the Third Century B.C. to 1700
Florence C. Lister and Robert H. Lister.


411 pp. / 7 x 10 / 1988
Cloth (0-8165-0974-3) $78.00s

"The specific treatment of ceramics is in itself peripheral to the primary importance of this book--that of integrating several distinct disciplinary data sources through the perspective of an important craft tradition, to arrive at a richer understanding of several poorly known aspects of everyday life in the past. The scholarly content of this book is happily complemented by its readability, its copious illustrations, its extensive bibliography, and the careful craftsmanship of its publisher."--Hispanic American Historical Review

"Unbelievably thorough study of the development of the Andalusian ceramic tradition from its earliest precursors to its flourishing in the New World."--Hispanic Journal

"This study of ceramics sheds considerable light on the social and economic history of Spain and her colonies and should be of value to historians of all sorts."--Journal of Arizona History

 


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