Casas e coisas / [coordenação : Solange Ferraz de Lima].

Primeira edição 2022, 1a. reimpressão 2022.

São Paulo : EDUSP, Editora da Universidade de São Paulo, 2022.

204 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 23 cm.

The fifth volume of the collection Museu do Ipiranga focuses on studies involving the acquisition of objects of material culture for the Museum, also dealing with collecting. The exhibition "Casas e Coisas" (Houses & Things) is a fascinating exploration of domestic space and everyday objects that have shaped female and male identities over time. Reopened on September 7, 2022 after a complete restoration, the museum features 11 long-term exhibitions, and this exhibition is one of them. In this exhibition, you will find a room specially dedicated to kitchen utensils, entitled "Trabalho e felicidade". This room explores the relationships between domestic kitchens, their objects, culinary practices, and the constitution of women's identities and subjectivities. For a long time, women were responsible for the nourishment of the family and also for the management of the house and table, with the duty of ensuring the happiness of the home, especially of men. Imported models, such as the one on display, began to spread among the upper classes in the 1920s, but the consolidation of the Brazilian home appliances industry only occurred in the 1960s. This exhibition invites us to reflect on domestic objects, their uses, ornaments and materials, revealing how domestic space has contributed to shaping our way of being over the past 150 years.

Portuguese

January 16, 2024

Includes bibliographical references.