The Great Ringling A Cristical Archaeology of Cad'zan in Sarasota, Florida

Date of Award

2011

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Baram, Uzi

Keywords

Ringling, Sarasota, Archeology

Area of Concentration

Anthropology

Abstract

Beginning in the 1980s, historical archaeologists began to scrutiny the residential gardens of the North American elite, analyzing how these deliberately-created landscapes were both produced and were the product of their hierarchical, elite-controlled societies. John Ringling's Sarasota estate was part of his larger social action in 1920s America, and this thesis uses archival research and analysis of the landscape to document how Ringling used the estate to create a local identity for Sarasota based on climate, coastline, and �culture� (meaning the arts and links to Europe). The thesis argues this identity was only partially present before and that Ringling used extensive building activity, including the estate, to make these aspects of Sarasota seem natural.

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