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(Reference retrieved automatically from SciELO through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Menus: the ephemeral prints and the research in Food History

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Author(s):
ELIANE MORELLI ABRAHÃO [1]
Total Authors: 1
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 1
Document type: Journal article
Source: An. mus. paul.; v. 29, 2021-09-01.
Abstract

ABSTRACT Do menu collections reveal the food practices and the political networks of public figures? This article addresses such question by looking at the Washington Luís Pereira de Souza Collection, which make up the archive of the “Convenção de Itu” Republican Museum, at the University of São Paulo. Altogether, the fifty-seven menus gathered by the former president of the Republic, the photographs depicting celebrations around the dining table, as well as the newspaper commentaries reveal meal choices, sitting arrangements, the motivations behind these gatherings, and the attendees - either through autographs on the menus, or through the guest lists disclosed in issues of newspapers of the time. These documents enable us to apprehend important aspects regarding sociability, food practices, and the political network during the Brazilian Republic (1899-1930). (AU)

FAPESP's process: 19/15623-0 - The aesthetics of flavour and power: the menus of collection Washington Luís Pereira de Souza, Brazil(1889-1930)
Grantee:Eliane Morelli Abrahão
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants