Cherokee Unaker, British Ceramics, and Productions of Whiteness in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Worlds

This article examines the uses and meanings of unaker, or “Cherokee clay”, among Cherokee and British potters, and between their respective political and cultural worlds, in the eighteenth century. By the time the British arrived in southeastern North America in the late sixteenth century, Cherokee...

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Main Authors: R. Ruthie Dibble, Joseph Zordan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Yale University 2021-11-01
Series:British Art Studies
Online Access:https://britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-21/british-ceramics-and-productions-of-whiteness