Absences and stereotypes in the Brazilian novel of the last decades: Changes and continuities

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Autor(a) principal: Dalcastagnè, Regina
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Letras de Hoje (Online)
Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/fale/article/view/40429
Resumo: The article presents and discusses the results of a research on the 689 novels by Brazilian authors published by the most important publishers in the country between 1965 and 1979 and between 1990 and 2014. The data show that contemporary Brazilian novel favors the representation of a small social space. Its characters are, in its majority, white, male, and middle classes. Stereotypes prevail over other groups. White women appear as housewives; black women, as domestic servants or prostitutes; black men, as criminals. The changes over time, although not absent, are not of great importance. Thus, the literary field, although it remains almost immune to the criticisms that other means of symbolic expression usually receive, tends to reproduce the exclusion patterns of Brazilian society.
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spelling Absences and stereotypes in the Brazilian novel of the last decades: Changes and continuitiesAusencias y estereotipos en la novela brasileña de las últimas décadas: Cambios y continuidadesAusências e estereótipos no romance brasileiro das últimas décadas: Alterações e continuidadesBrazilian contemporary novelCharactersRepresentationNovela brasileña contemporáneaPersonajesRepresentaciónRomance brasileiro contemporâneoPersonagensRepresentaçãoThe article presents and discusses the results of a research on the 689 novels by Brazilian authors published by the most important publishers in the country between 1965 and 1979 and between 1990 and 2014. The data show that contemporary Brazilian novel favors the representation of a small social space. Its characters are, in its majority, white, male, and middle classes. Stereotypes prevail over other groups. White women appear as housewives; black women, as domestic servants or prostitutes; black men, as criminals. The changes over time, although not absent, are not of great importance. Thus, the literary field, although it remains almost immune to the criticisms that other means of symbolic expression usually receive, tends to reproduce the exclusion patterns of Brazilian society.El artículo presenta y discute los resultados de una investigación sobre las 689 novelas de autores brasileños publicadas por las editoriales más importantes del país entre 1965 y 1979 y entre 1990 y 2014. Los datos muestran que la novela brasileña contemporánea favorece la representación de un espacio social reducido. Sus personajes son, en su mayoría, blancos, del sexo masculino y de las clases medias. Sobre otros grupos, prevalecen los estereotipos. Las mujeres blancas aparecen como amas de casa; mujeres negras, como empleadas domésticas o prostitutas; hombres negros, como bandidos. Los cambios en el tiempo, aunque no están ausentes, no son de gran importancia. Así, el campo literario, aunque permanezca casi inmune a las críticas que suelen recibir otros medios de expresión simbólica, tiende a reproducir los patrones de exclusión de la sociedad brasileña.O artigo apresenta e discute os resultados de uma pesquisa sobre os 689 romances de autores brasileiros publicados pelas mais importantes editoras do país entre 1965 e 1979 e entre 1990 e 2014. Os dados mostram que o romance brasileiro contemporâneo privilegia a representação de um espaço social restrito. Suas personagens são, em sua maioria, brancas, do sexo masculino e das classes médias. Sobre outros grupos, imperam os estereótipos. As mulheres brancas aparecem como donas-de-casa; as negras, como empregadas domésticas ou prostitutas; os homens negros, como bandidos. As mudanças ao longo do tempo, embora não estejam ausentes, não são de grande monta. Assim, o campo literário, embora permaneça quase imune às críticas que outros meios de expressão simbólica costumam receber, tende a reproduzir os padrões de exclusão da sociedade brasileira.Editora da PUCRS - ediPUCRS2021-06-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/fale/article/view/4042910.15448/1984-7726.2021.1.40429Letras de Hoje; Vol. 56 No. 1 (2021); e40429Letras de Hoje; Vol. 56 Núm. 1 (2021); e40429Letras de Hoje; v. 56 n. 1 (2021); e404291984-77260101-333510.15448/1984-7726.2021.1reponame:Letras de Hoje (Online)instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSporhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/fale/article/view/40429/26848Copyright (c) 2021 Letras de Hojehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDalcastagnè, Regina2021-06-11T22:59:46Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/40429Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/falePRIhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/fale/oaieditora.periodicos@pucrs.br || letrasdehoje@pucrs.br1984-77260101-3335opendoar:2021-06-11T22:59:46Letras de Hoje (Online) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Absences and stereotypes in the Brazilian novel of the last decades: Changes and continuities
Ausencias y estereotipos en la novela brasileña de las últimas décadas: Cambios y continuidades
Ausências e estereótipos no romance brasileiro das últimas décadas: Alterações e continuidades
title Absences and stereotypes in the Brazilian novel of the last decades: Changes and continuities
spellingShingle Absences and stereotypes in the Brazilian novel of the last decades: Changes and continuities
Dalcastagnè, Regina
Brazilian contemporary novel
Characters
Representation
Novela brasileña contemporánea
Personajes
Representación
Romance brasileiro contemporâneo
Personagens
Representação
title_short Absences and stereotypes in the Brazilian novel of the last decades: Changes and continuities
title_full Absences and stereotypes in the Brazilian novel of the last decades: Changes and continuities
title_fullStr Absences and stereotypes in the Brazilian novel of the last decades: Changes and continuities
title_full_unstemmed Absences and stereotypes in the Brazilian novel of the last decades: Changes and continuities
title_sort Absences and stereotypes in the Brazilian novel of the last decades: Changes and continuities
author Dalcastagnè, Regina
author_facet Dalcastagnè, Regina
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Dalcastagnè, Regina
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Brazilian contemporary novel
Characters
Representation
Novela brasileña contemporánea
Personajes
Representación
Romance brasileiro contemporâneo
Personagens
Representação
topic Brazilian contemporary novel
Characters
Representation
Novela brasileña contemporánea
Personajes
Representación
Romance brasileiro contemporâneo
Personagens
Representação
description The article presents and discusses the results of a research on the 689 novels by Brazilian authors published by the most important publishers in the country between 1965 and 1979 and between 1990 and 2014. The data show that contemporary Brazilian novel favors the representation of a small social space. Its characters are, in its majority, white, male, and middle classes. Stereotypes prevail over other groups. White women appear as housewives; black women, as domestic servants or prostitutes; black men, as criminals. The changes over time, although not absent, are not of great importance. Thus, the literary field, although it remains almost immune to the criticisms that other means of symbolic expression usually receive, tends to reproduce the exclusion patterns of Brazilian society.
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