Representações sociais nos quadrinhos de Maurício de Sousa.

Abstract

In this article, we study the genre comic strips which are investigated according to a Social Representations theory (MOSCOVICI, 2007; GUARESCHI and JOVCHELOVITHC, 2002; DUVEEN, 2007), and to a Discourse Analyses theoretical framework (CHARAUDEAU, 2008). Our corpus is constituted by six Mauricio de Sousa Produções’ magazines of Turma da Mônica and by six of Turma da Mônica Jovem. We aimed at identifying the social representations of children and young people in the magazines. We found social discursive representations of the nature, the use of technology, friendship, relationship among parents and their kids, and relationship between man and woman. Our results confirm these narratives not only tell stories, but they also represent values, beliefs, ideologies of the society where they are distributed.