THE INFLUENCE OF THE OTHER IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LOOK: CURLY HAIR, CHILDHOOD, GENDER AND RACE

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Published: Aug 31, 2020
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Curly hair. Beauty. Gender. Childhood. Race.

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Aline de Oliveira Braga
SECRETARIA MUNICIPAL DE EDUCAÇÃO DA PREFEITURA DA CIDADE DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Maria Alice Rezende Gonçalves

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss, through the film Pelo Malo (2014), experiences involving the black body while highlighting curly hair, which is the central theme of the story.  It is the willingness of a child to straighten his hair and, from then on, become “beautiful” for a school photo and achieve to be famous.  This hair treatment raises a series of dilemmas that lead to the questioning of beauty patterns identified early in a child's life and the argument about gender and race imposed by society and reproduced by the family in the child's socialization.

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de Oliveira Braga, A., & Rezende Gonçalves, M. A. (2020). THE INFLUENCE OF THE OTHER IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LOOK: CURLY HAIR, CHILDHOOD, GENDER AND RACE. Journal of Black Brazilian Researchers Association, 12(33), 257–272. Retrieved from https://abpnrevista.org.br/site/article/view/1012
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Vol. 12 No. 33 (2020): Revista da ABPN | Jun - Ago 2020| Dossiê Temático: “Crianças e Infâncias Negras: desafios e perspectivas antirracistas no Brasil”
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Dossiê Temático

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