CAFÉS, SEX AND CUNNING: NOTES FOR A NOCTURNAL HISTORY OF ARACAJU DURING WORLD WAR II

At the time of World War II, cafés in Aracaju, the capital of Sergipe, which is the smallest state in Brazil, were very important spots. Places of "chat" and "tittle-tattle", they took part of the daily life of the small city. An observer wrote in those days: "Life here consists—with a few exceptions—of a harmful dispersion of energy in conversations full of mysterious gestures in the cafés on the sidewalks of João Pessoa street" (Correio de Aracaju 4). In Aracaju, with approximately 60 thousand inhabitants in those days, there were "cafés" for different tastes. Places l ... continue reading->

Keywords: Cafés; Sex; Cunning; Nocturnal History; World War II