Fontes Para História Da Alimentação E Patrimônio Alimentar: A Coluna “Vamos Preparar Os Quitutes”, No Jornal Das Moças, Nos Anos 1950

Abstract

Since the end of World War I, the idea that women should devote themselves exclusively to household tasks, including the roles of the house owner and mother, became strong. Women should devote themselves fully to the care of home and children. Although it has not been adopted by the entire population, the family ideal encouraged by the ruling classes became the parameter. Matters relating to the private environment raise discussion on issues such as gender, social class, clothing, housing and food. These aspects within the household, where in the first half of the twentieth century, women had greater responsibility and functions. It was elected as a proposal for this work the examination of historical sources, the columns "Let us prepare delicacies", in the women's magazine Jornal das Moças, in the 1950s, during which the familiar pattern was the "sweet home" where family members were under the protection of the house, space where women should reign sovereign as housewives and mothers. The aim was to demonstrate the potential of sources in order to instigate reflections on the historical and cultural construction of food standards and understand these patterns in relation to women's role in this period.