A valorização da figura feminina negra na obra "Menina bonita do laço de fita"

Abstract

This work discusses the importance that Afro-Brazilian children's literature has for construction of the child's identity. From a brief historical context on the how the black character was inserted in children's stories, giving emphasis to the female characters, and how African aesthetic elements were used for the representation of these characters. The main objective is to show in the "Menina bonita do laço de fita", by the author Ana Maria Machado, the valorization of the black female figure in children's plays and how much is needed books aimed at children who increasingly seek to deconstruct a "pattern of beauty", thus presenting the cultural diversity that is present in the country. Reinforcing appreciation, acceptance and respect for differences. That is why literature and the school are directly linked to the construction of these values since early. For it is in childhood that the child begins to construct its identity and personality.