Wheat bread at the head and fuba on the floor?

The colonial territoriality of food consumption in Luanda (1949 – 1973)

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https://doi.org/10.5935/2177-6644.20240037

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As part of the global influx of industrial geography, the city of Luanda was seen as a center for the formation of new consumer goods, and its food profile was closely observed by the colonial administration from the 1950s onwards. In this sense, this article focuses on the spatial and symbolic strategies used by Portuguese colonialism to shape the eating habits of the urban space of Luanda. The analysis of the information collected from different types of sources reveals a dialectic of change flanked by local subjectivities

As part of the global influx of industrial geography, the city of Luanda was seen as a center for the formation of new consumer goods, and its food profile was closely observed by the colonial administration from the 1950s onwards. In this sense, this article focuses on the spatial and symbolic strategies used by Portuguese colonialism to shape the eating habits of the urban space of Luanda. The analysis of the information collected from different types of sources reveals a dialectic of change flanked by subjectivities and local contingencies. 

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Author Biography

  • Karina Ramos (ULisboa), University of Lisbon

    Graduada em História pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Mestre em HistóriaSocial pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em História Social da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Doutora em História Social da Cultura pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em História Social da Cultura da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. pesquisadora integrada no Centro de História da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa. É também membro do Grupo de Pesquisa Áfricas (UERJ/UFRJ/ISCED-Huíla), do Grupo de Estudos de História da África (GEAH/PUC-Rio), membro da Associação Brasileiros de Estudos Africanos (ASE-África) e pesquisadora integrada do Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto (CEAUP).

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2024-10-31

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2024): Alimentação e abastecimento no mundo Luso-brasileiro (séculos XVI-XXI)

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Dossiê | Special Issue | Dossier

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