Cozinha e sentimentos: a análise da gastronomia nas obras de Gabriela e Dona Flor

Abstract

This bibliographic research analyzes the books of Dona Flor and her two husbands and Gabriela Clove and Cinnamon, by Jorge Amado. Its general objective is to show that Gastronomy can be linked to the generation of feelings of pleasure and eroticism by referring to comparisons of food terms such as synonyms for characteristics, whether emotional or physical. Starting with the vision of the pleasure of cooking and eating, the two books were read, highlighting excerpts where there are gastronomic words connecting to situations of human relationships. To use more theoretical basis, studies of works by different authors were made showing the importance that Jorge Amado made for the act of eating and food for the characters and also works that explains the connection between gastronomic terms referred to sex - the junction gluttony and lust. So, it is concluded that Gastronomy is an important tool in the affective and sexual context, where the terms used show that the pleasure of cooking coincides with the sexual and sensual pleasures, besides showing the appreciation of the Brazilian literature as important. research source for national gastronomy.