Literatura e identidade: construção e fortalecimento e étnico de meninas negras.

Abstract

This course conclusion work presents a research about children's literature with Afrodescendant characters protagonists, understanding their possible contributions to the strengthening and indemnity construction of Afrodescendant girls in Elementary School, turning to the discussion of issues related to the construction of black identity in childhood and in space, and mapping children's literary works that address the theme of black identity. This is a bibliographical research, with an exploratory qualitative approach, having as a starting point the literature review in the area of education and ethnicracial relations, as well as works of children's literature that address the theme of ethnicracial issues. In this perspective, for a more detailed study, the texts of the following authors were analyzed: Gomes (2002, 2003, 2008) Martins (2004); Lima (2005), Moura (2005); Kamei; (2014); Carvalho (2015); Melo (2016); France (2017); Brazil (2018); Fields (2019); Ipiranga (2019) and some children's works such as Rampazo (2018); Machado (1986); Brito (2019) and Hooks (2018). This work understands that children's literature brings with it the dynamism of existing cultures, allowing children to develop imagination, get to know different cultures, get in touch with concepts and values that positively imply the construction of their ideas.