Episode 66 of the program "Black on White" addresses the Brazilian context in 1960, a period when the country was undergoing a slow process of modernization. The episode explores how this modernization affected different aspects of Brazilian society.
The program highlights that, although new, more modern machines were emerging at the time, the role of women in society remained essentially the same. The technological transformations had not significantly modified the female position in the Brazilian social structure.
The episode also mentions the proliferation of sewing machine advertisements during this period, suggesting that these products were an important part of the commercial culture and feminine identity of the era. The sewing machine appears as a symbol of the period analyzed.
