This book attempts to historize the construction of the dichotomy between -public- and -private- in Spanish colonial territories during the late 18th - early 19th centuries, when this opposition assumed some of the characteristics that today seem completely natural. It is usually acknowledged that these changes began at the level of everyday experiences that took place in a material world and while interacting with other people. Here we study these everyday experiences, particularly those structured around food habits within the domestic sphere in colonial non-elite domestic contexts. The...
This book attempts to historize the construction of the dichotomy between -public- and -private- in Spanish colonial territories during the late 18th ...
