Working-Class São Paulo and its Representations, 1900-1940
1987; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 14; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1177/0094582x8701400205
ISSN1552-678X
AutoresMaria Célia Pinheiro Machado Paoli,
Tópico(s)Literature, Culture, and Criticism
ResumoFiorello La Guardia, the mayor of New York, on a visit to Sao Paulo during World War II, was taken to the Martinelli Building, then the tallest in the city, and a symbol of its modernity and progress. The story goes that, looking down from it, he said, I understand: in that part [pointing to the area encompassing Bras, Mooca, Belenzinho] people work, in this part [pointing to the city center, Consolacao, and Paulista] they eat (quoted by Carta, 1982). A contemporary article in a Rio de Janeiro newspaper (Correio da Manha, March 12, 1944) confirms the perception of the duality of the city delineated by attitudes toward work:
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