Perceptions of Children from Rio de Janeiro about Racial Representation: Notes from the Field

Authors

  • Thaís de Carvalho PUC-Rio

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-7714.no.2016.120320

Keywords:

children, school, representation, reception, racism.

Abstract

This paper aims to start an analysis of children’s reaction to the dominance of positive White representation in the media. Through the usage of the concept of racial discrimination as a cultural trauma and the work of various authors on colorism in Brazil, there is a contextualization of children’s symbolically violent discourses in the schools.  The article also points out some strategies of discourse building and policies that are beginning to be made in an attempt to address this matter. The work is part of my Master’s research about the violence in children’s daily interactions, for which I have done fieldwork in two school of different social and economical profiles in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

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Author Biography

  • Thaís de Carvalho, PUC-Rio
    Mestranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação Social da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).

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Published

2016-12-08

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Section

ARTICLES

How to Cite

Perceptions of Children from Rio de Janeiro about Racial Representation: Notes from the Field. (2016). Novos Olhares, 5(2), 123-130. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-7714.no.2016.120320