Author(s): Valentim, Margarida Gomes, 1988-
Date: 2014
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/11532
Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
Subject(s): Lamas, Maria, 1893-1983; Becher, Catherine, 1800-1878; Frederick, Christine, 1883-1979; Lihotsky, Margarete Schütte, 1897-2000; Canuto, Maria José, 1821-1890; Design de interiores; Espaço doméstico; Economia doméstica; Feminismo; Cozinha - espaço habitacional
Tese de mestrado, Design de Equipamento - especialização em Design Urbano e de Interiores, Universidade de Lisboa,Faculdade de Belas Artes, 2014
This present body of work aims to investigate the presence and the contribute of the woman figure to the design evolution of the domestic space, namely of the kitchen, having a particular focus on the national context. In order to fulfill this objective, the present investigation is divided in four main chapters that are complementary to one another. To start off, an historical contextualization of the women's character, and the way that she is perceived and treated by society, is necessary addressing subjects as the feminist movement and the portuguese Estado Novo regime. Then, we move on to a brief analysis and contextualization od the dwelling as a whole, paying special atention to the issues regarding the private life and the developing of the portuguese house. Next, on the third chapter, we investigate the international kitchen of the end of the 19th century and beggining of the 20th, highlighting three different female figures, that have revolutionized the domestic economy and the living space, with their studies and proposals. Finally, on the forth and final chapter, the portuguese kitchen is studied mainly through newspapers, magazines and some manuals regarding the domestic economy. A small chapter is dedicated to the only portuguese woman that can be considered a pioneer in the domestic realm. More than an investigation, the present work is intended to be a set up of various facts and historical documents, between the 19th century and the 1970's, pertaining the importance of said women and of their contribute to the evolution of kitchen design into what we know and use today
