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SANTOS, Ademir Valdir dos. Narrations for the fascistization of childhood in the book ‘Brazil is Good’ (1938): pinocchiate in a Brazilian way?. Acta Educ. [online]. 2024, vol.46, n.1, e69121.  Epub 01-Ago-2024. ISSN 2178-5201.  https://doi.org/10.4025/actascieduc.v46i1.69121.

ABSTRACT. This study aims to analyze the content of the book Brazil is Good, published in 1938 by the Propaganda National Department (P.N.D.). The methodology is based on Content Analysis, applied in conjunction with theoretical and methodological references dedicated to research on fascism and aspects of literary production aimed at children. The results show similarities between the textual aspect of Brazil is Good, created as a propaganda tool in the context of the Estado Novo dictatorship, and the pinocchiate produced in the environment of Italian fascism. It appears that if the plots in which the doll Pinocchio was involved in the name of fascist propaganda are filled with messages for Italian childhood, which appeal to a foundation amalgamated by violence and prejudices of different types in relation to the enemies of the Mussolinian regime, in several sections of the Brazilian book that were examined, it is understood that the concepts, explanations, as well as warnings and orders regarding the fundamentals of human action suggested to the Brazilian boy, are constituted by equally fascist narratives.

Palavras-chave : fascism; childhood; literature; education; dictatorship.

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