Dear Histarch, please ignore my previous message I didn't realize Sue
emailed the list by mistake.
regards,
suzanne

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Suzanne Spencer-Wood
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> Hi Sue, glad to hear from you - your email in the SHA member database is
> wrong, so you might want to fix that.
>
> Springer has asked for a 2nd edition of the Consumer Choice in Historical
> Archaeology volume. Would you be interested in updating your chapter,
> starting by giving a paper in the SHA session I'm organizing entitled:
> Revisiting the Multiple Meanings of Consumer Choice: 25 years later.
>
> I think our papers in the session, and updated chapters, need to highlight
> how the archaeological data contributes important new and different
> information from the documentary data, since Leone and Crosby's Epilogue in
> the book claimed we didn't do this, although many of us did - perhaps in
> your paper this just needs to be emphasized more, since your archaeological
> data clearly provides new information beyond documents, both about ethnic
> foodways and about the main method of status display being teas rather than
> dinners. This seems to be the case generally in towns and cities. I think
> you could also talk about how your faunal data expresses ethnic identity.
> The dominance of beef and secondarily mutton for the Euro-Americans fits
> perfectly with English high status household meat preferences. The greater
> preference for pork among Mexican-Americans may also be cultural, I don't
> know. The higher correlation of teaware and status fits with the urban
> display of status in teas, which were usually organized and served by women
> among Anglo-Americans. I imagine Spanish-American (Mexican) also had the
> tradition of women controlling the tea ceremony, since it was brought to
> England in 1662 by Catherine of Braganza. who married King Charles II. The
> other thing I think would be interesting if you could consider is what
> difference gender makes- if housewives were usually buying food, tableware
> and other items for the family as histories indicate, what light does this
> shed on the consumer choices? For starters, it means that ceramic
> manufacturers were making designs to appeal to women - floral designs that
> symbolize women's closeness to nature and God, and the white ironstone
> symbolizing women's supposedly innate purity and piety and the sanctity of
> the home in the cults of domesticity and home religion (I have publications
> talking about this, and Wall talks about the white panelled ironstone). I
> know in the 19th century housewives were often given limited weekly
> allowances by their husbands to buy food, etc for the family. The strong
> patriarchy among hispanics could very well result in a similar system. the
> 19th century working-class housewives in England often starved themselves
> because their household allowances did not increase with the number of
> children. And Mullins found that many African-American households had
> second-hand old ceramics.
>
> I don't think you need to add to your data, which I think are quite
> adequate. But Springer wants 30% new material for the 2nd edition, and I
> think that some of the frameworks that have developed over the last 25 years
> could provide new insights, particularly ethnic identity in foodways, and
> gender. Do you have other ideas for updating?
>
> Are you interested in presenting a paper in my session to start with and
> then updating your chapter for the 2nd edition? Your chapter was a terrific
> contribution to the first edition and I want to have it in the 2nd edition
> too. Your discussion of the many different factors involved in consumer
> choice needs to be included and perhaps expanded. the new language of the
> meanings of consumer choice would also be useful to talk about for the
> symbolic meanings of decorative types, etc.
> Hope to hear from you soon,
> suzanne
>
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:35 AM, Sue Renaud <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Hi, Suzanne,
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>> I'm here!  How are you?
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>> Sue
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>> Susan L. Renaud
>> Senior Resource Planner, Archaeologist
>> Preservation Planning Program Manager
>> Heritage Preservation Services
>> National Park Service
>> Washington, DC
>> (202) 354-2024
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>> Dear colleagues, I'm trying to contact Susan L. Henry Renaud, Stephen Judd
>> Shephard, Lynn Clark, and David Singer. anyone have emails?
>> thanks,
>> suzanne
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