The contributions of children’s literature in the process of building ethnic-racial identity in childhood education.

Abstract

This project has a goal to analyze the contributions of children’s literature in the process of building an ethnic-racial identity on childhood education and discuss the representations of black children in children’s stories. It was also intended to discuss the importance of working literature with themes related to ethnic-racial relations in early childhood education. The methodology used was the cultural analysis in children’s literary work “Betina” and “Makeba vai à escola” from the bibliographical review of black authors as Nilma Lino Gomes and Ana Fátima Cruz dos Santos who deal with ethnic-racial relationships represented for children characters. Regarding children’s literature to the ethnic-racial relationships mostly black people are represented in a stereotyped way. The law 10.639/03 has shown the need to work the black and indigenous population culture in the school stimulate the offer of materials that deal with this theme. It’s important that the black children see themselves ethnically represented in literary works that enable them to build they identity and belonging. An analysis of the data allowed us reflections and new perspectives on the construction of ethnic-racial identity on childhood education throw children’s literature.