Há autoras negras nos livros didáticos de língua portuguesa? Uma análise da coleção “A Conquista” da FTD

Abstract

This study focuses on the textbook (LD), a resource used in basic education classes, aiming to analyze how black female representation is presented in textbooks for grades 6 to 9 in Portuguese from FTD's “A Conquista” collection. It is believed that addressing this topic is relevant to the construction of an inclusive and equitable education, given how much black people contributed to the cultural formation of Brazilian society. Thus, the research started with the following problem: How are black authors referred to in Portuguese language textbooks for elementary school students? Aiming to identify black authors represented in the most widely adopted Portuguese language textbooks in the FTD collection, verifying gaps in the representation of these authors, describing possible consequences in education and also understanding the way in which black authors are cited in textbooks, focusing on opportunities to promote more inclusive and equitable representation. As a theoretical basis for the research, studies by Almeida (2019) were used; Duarte (2018); Evaristo (2009); Rocha (2021); Silva (2017); Vasconcelos (2014); among others. To carry out the proposed study, bibliographic and documentary analysis of textbooks was used in order to outline how black representation is being seen in Portuguese language books and how they are being inserted into the books. In the collection of textbooks analyzed, only four authors were identified: Anna Soler-Pont, Maria Valéria Rezende, Carolina Maria de Jesus and Alice Ruiz, representing the female audience in the books. Of these four female authors, only one, Carolina Maria de Jesus, This represents the audience of Afro-Brazilian authors in these books. In view of the studies, and the analysis of all the materials used to support this work, it is concluded that, in fact, the dominant class (men, whites and those belonging to high society) prevails in teaching materials, and it is very rare to find black representation