Blackness and black childhood: uses and senses of Holy Mother of Yemonjá

Authors

  • Alex Sander da Silva
  • Janaina Damasio Vitorio
  • Guilherme Oreste Canarim

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26568/2359-2087.2017.2584

Keywords:

Blackness. Black childhood. Memory. Narrative.

Abstract

In this article we will deal with black blackness and childhood and its relation with Afro-Brazilian tales. With the myth of racial democracy in Brazil, there was a process of emptying the senses of blackness. As a consequence, there was a strong exhaustion of black childhood, making children have a hard time claiming to be black. We are anxious to discuss the following questions: Is there a black childhood? So what is your place in society? How does she present herself? What is its importance in the formation of black identities? In what way can black childhood be thought of as from Afro-Brazilian tales? In this sense, we intend to bring the theme of blackness and black childhood confronted in its uses and senses in Afro-Brazilian tales. Our intention is to present a brief overview of the concepts, confronting narratives of Beatriz Moreira Costa,Holy Mother in her work "History that my grandmother told" (2004). The attempt is to show the possibilities of overcoming the emptying and exhaustion of black childhood in our formative environments.

Published

05/01/2018

Issue

Section

Artigos Científicos

How to Cite

Blackness and black childhood: uses and senses of Holy Mother of Yemonjá. EDUCA - Multidisciplinary Journal in Education, [S. l.], v. 4, n. 9, p. 20–31, 2018. DOI: 10.26568/2359-2087.2017.2584. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unir.br/index.php/EDUCA/article/view/2584. Acesso em: 4 dec. 2025.

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