Representação da periferia na obra Capitães da Areia de Jorge Amado

Abstract

This work deals with the work Capitães da Areia as an instrument of social denunciation, focusing on the representation of the periphery, lower class, through the experiences lived in the daily lives of abandoned children. The work aims to investigate how poverty, abandonment, stolen childhood and social neglect directly influence the process of marginalization. The narrative shows a society marked by prejudice and oppression with the lower classes, however it was possible to identify the desire to overcome for a better life with demonstration of affection, respect and the search for the dignity of the characters involved. The research enabled reflections on social injustices and discrimination against the Bahia population. But, despite the unfavorable conditions, the protagonists managed to overcome their condition of marginal and rise as representatives in the struggle for the rights of the poor of the baiana periphery