SOCIO-CULTURAL RELATIONS AROUND THE FEEDING HABITS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN SAO PAULO IN THE FORMATION OF CULTURAL IDENTITY AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRAZILIAN NATION
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2015.15438Keywords:
Anthropology. Brazil. Cultural Characteristics. Social Interaction. Food Habits. Qualitative Research.Abstract
In order to understand the socio-cultural relations amongindividuals that make up the Municipal Market of SaoPaulo - sellers, consumers and tourists - we intended to buildan imaginary parallel of the city of Sao Paulo as a knowncosmopolitan place. From the observation of the daily lives ofthese characters, it is clear that the Municipal Market operatesnot as a food market distributor, but as a tourist center that offersdomestic and international food, as well as goodies that wereselected as icons of the city of São Paulo. São Paulo’s municipalmarket, a tourist attraction marked by tradition that representsthe diversity of the city, has traders from different ethnicitiesselling genuine products from their lands which, to some extent,contributed to make up the taste and the dishes of Sao Paulo,which is understood to be an invented tradition according to EricHobsbawm. The anthropological research includes reflectionson the construction of Brazil as a nation, based on the Sao Paulocooking classification represented by the Municipal Markettrade that brings together local, regional, national and globalfood, dimensions that allow thinking of Brazil as a nation, andthe city as a possible capital of the world. We believe that theMunicipal Market is a suitable space to build reflections on thetransformation of social relations in the contemporary context ofSao Paulo and, in short, elements that make up a cultural identityand the civilizing process in Brazil as a nation and Sao Paulo asits representative.
DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2015.15438
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