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analisando a cultura capitalista em Fortaleza através dos objetos domésticos (1871-1915)

Abstract

The research presented here seeks to realize a reflection about greater integration of the city of Fortaleza in capitalist culture through the use of domestic objects of the living room, between the years 1871 to 1910. The context of capitalist development and a civilizing process that was perpetuated throughout the west and the premises of various foreign business houses just stimulating the consumption of objects relating to the living room that represented a foreign capitalist culture into the Ceará state. We analyze inventories, literature and periodicals in order to realize this capitalist culture in the homes of families fortalezenses . In most , reflect the changes occurring in the daily lives of families of Fortaleza due to the inclusion in the “modern way of life” and the use of these devices by the cearense society of the time.