Corpo e criança: a (des)construção da imagem corporal em tempos de cultura administrada

Abstract

The present research, inscribed in the research line Education, Society and Culture, of the Graduate Program in Education of PUC Goiás, has as object of research the (de)construction of the body image of children in times of administered culture. It aims to elucidate the research problem proposed from the questions: what expressions of the administered culture affirm aesthetic patterns in the construction of body image in children aged six to ten years old? By another body image, what movements of children's counterculture are produced by children? The general objective is to understand the relationship between the administered society and the child tangentially the movements of culture and counterculture; and more specifically, the objective is to: a) identify the expressions of the culture administered in society; b) to capture the ways in which children produce a culture of childhood; c) identify the constituent elements of the children's body image; d) to understand the strategies of affirmation of children's culture and counterculture in the constitution of aesthetic, ethical, political and social standards with which the construction of children's body image takes place. To understand these assumptions, the foundations of historical-dialectical materialism are taken as a reference for studies and research. The theoretical references that guided this research were: ADORNO; HORKHEIMER (1985), ADORNO (1995), ARROYO (2019), BENJAMIN (2009), CUNHA (2014), GOLDMANN (1979), KUHLMANN JR (2015), LIBÂNEO (2018), LUKÁCS (2018), MARX (2010), MONDZAIN (2015), REDIN (2009), RESENDE (2009), SARMENTO (2008), SOARES (2013), VAZ (2008), among others with which it was possible to establish critical dialogue. The data collection procedures were organized in the triangulation composed of bricolage, drawings and conversation wheels with children attending a public square in the municipality of Goiatuba, GO, aged between six and ten years old. The study categories were treated from the data obtained in the research field, being arranged in four chapters. The first discusses the social constructions related to the administration of bodies in contemporary society and its interface with childhood and children. The second chapter aims to discuss body image and the educational/civilizing project for the child. The discussions of the third chapter seek to unveil the relationship of the constructs of the body images of children with issues of race and social class. The fourth chapter deals with the resilience of children towards the construction of a counterculture, relating them to the voices of the children participating in this research