Abstract

CRUZ, Denise Ferreira da Costa. Some notes on dolls for Black women in Maputo. Rev. Estud. Fem. [online]. 2016, vol.24, n.3, pp.929-940. ISSN 1806-9584.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9584-2016v24n3p929.

This essay is about the role played by dolls in the formation of subjectivity of Mozambican black women. Bearing in mind that the toy industry delivers a large production of white and blond dolls to children from diverse ethnic groups, we address the following issues: What is the role dolls play in the life of a child? How do they interfere in the way girls relate with their own bodies and their hair? What are the consequences to the subjectivity of a black girl of having solely white blond dolls to play with? Would this toy be, among other things, a factor in creation of racial distinctions? We will discuss childhood from the perspective of adult women. This essay is hence a retrospective study based on stories and reminiscences of women who played with dolls in their childhood.

Keywords : Dolls; Black Women; "Race".

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