Pela boca de velhos: memória sobre os pregões de comida de rua no bairro Santo Antônio nas décadas de 1970 e 1980

Abstract

This dissertation seeks to discuss the relationship between street food and popular cultures, from the perspective of decoloniality, through the memories of old people from the Santo Antônio neighborhood of Aracaju, with street food hawking in the 1970s and 1980s as the main focus. More specifically, the study seeks to a) develop a historical overview of the Santo Antônio neighborhood from its origins until the end of the 1980s; b) analyze the memorial accounts of "old Santo Antonians" in relation to the practice of pregões as a food culture and tradition during the 1970s and 1980s, as well as c) identify from the subjects' memorial records, socio-historical aspects of their daily lives in the Santo Antônio neighborhood based on the decolonial notion of affections. In order to do this, it brought together different epistemological concepts that are pertinent to popular cultures and street food, such as hybridization, border thinking, crossroads and the memory of old people. To do this, she used the studies of Nestor Canclini, Walter Mignolo, Lêda Maria Martins, Luiz Rufino and Ecléa Bosi as references. In order to carry out the research, we opted for a qualitative approach using the case study method, integrating exploratory, bibliographical and documentary research. A semi-structured interview technique was used to collect the accounts and then analyze them. At the end of the analysis, it was observed that the sales pitches refer not only to flavors that have been marked in the memory, but also to the l.