The electrification of the kitchen: the domestic space in the cast of modernity (São Paulo, 1908-1960)

• Grant number: 19/19840-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: July 01, 2020
• End date: November 15, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Modern and Contemporary History
• Principal Investigator: Vânia Carneiro de Carvalho
• Grantee: Laura Stocco Felicio
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/07366-1 - Collect, identify, describe, exhibit: the curatorial cycle and the production of knowledge, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 21/11529-9 - Electricity in the kitchen: hygiene, rationality and consumption in São Paulo (1920-1960), BE.EP.MS

Abstract

This research aims to study the use of electromechanical appliances in kitchens in São Paulo between 1908 and 1960. From the understanding of social relations that shaped the domestic space in the first half of the twentieth century, we seek to analyze the dynamics superposed in the circulation and consumption of these utensils. The insertion and performance of these artifacts would contribute to the shaping of a "modern kitchen" that in the city of São Paulo would have been guided by the logic of sanitarism and rationalization of housework. The discussions and questions that we will present in this project are part of the subproject "Processamento de Alimentos no Espaço Doméstico, São Paulo, 1860-1960" which integrates the thematic project "Coletar, Identificar, Difundir. O Ciclo Curatorial e a Produção de Conhecimento". More broadly, therefore, this project contributes to systematic documentation of objects circulating in the domestic environment between late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

FELICIO, Laura Stocco. Modernity and tradition: the introduction of electric appliances in São Paulo domestic kitchens (1920-1960). 2023. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.