Abstract

SILVA, Tarcia Regina da  and  SANTOS, Ernani Martins dos. BEING A BLACK BOY: AN ANALYSIS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE BOOKS. Revista da FAEEBA: Educação e Contemporaneidade [online]. 2021, vol.30, n.62, pp.46-61.  Epub Dec 16, 2021. ISSN 2358-0194.  https://doi.org/10.21879/faeeba2358-0194.2021.v30.n62.p46-61.

This paper focuses on the analysis of children's literature books that have black boys as their protagonists. Thus, we analyzed the books: O Menino Nito: Então, Homem Chora ou Não? (The boy Nito: So, does a man cry or not?) by Sonia Rosa (2002); Minha Mãe é Negra Sim (My mother is black) by Patricia Santana (2008); Minha Família é Colorida (My family is colorfully) by Georgina Martins (2005); Chico Juba by Gustavo Gaivota (2011); and Cabelo de Mola (Spring Hair) by Alexsander Rezende (2012). We start from the assumption that in the field of ethno-racial relations there are gender issues that need to be studied. Being a boy and black is different from being a girl and black. Thus, based on the concept of black masculinities, we sought to portray in the narratives the elements that strengthen and deconstruct the stereotypes associated with the identity of boys and black men, since childhood. The data showed the importance of paying attention to the discursive constructions that reinforce stereotypes, from childhood, of boys and black men as brutes, not very intelligent, servile, and also strengthen the myth of racial democracy.

Keywords : children's literature; ethno-racial relations; black masculinity; Childhood Education.

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