Entre meninos e meninas: marcas de gênero e recortes de classe nos jogos e brincadeiras infantis na periferia de Viçosa - MG

• Autor(a) principal: Pinto, Tatiane de Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/3410
• topic: Infância; Brincadeiras; Gênero; Jogos infantis; Classes populares; Childhood; Games; Gender; Social classes; CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ECONOMIA DOMESTICA

The aim of this dissertation is to bring up a reflection on the social construction of gender in the childhood sphere, emphasizing the context of street games played amongst boys and girls. The purpose is to analyze the way on which these children relate to each other, aiming to interpret the set of facts culturally built and typified. The universe of this research consisted of children at seven and thirteen years-old, living in two working-class neighborhoods in Viçosa MG. The investigation started with an ethnographic perspective, developing afterwards in direct observation. Therefore, it was possible to notice a dividing line between the groups of boys and girls, showing that they understand their social and gender roles distinctively through the representation of what expresses masculinity and femininity. Whilst playing, the observed children showed signs of segregation, not only by the way they occupy their surrounding space, but also trough their actions and their body language. For instance, boys games are intended just for boys, and besides the affirmations of masculinity, there is in fact, a dispute for it. On the other extreme, girls, are not as regular on the streets as the boys are, and they end up reproducing in their games their daily universe, performing the family and/or neighbour roles. By interacting in a conflicting manner, boys and girls display how they can share the same space. In mixed games between boys and girls, even when they are in the same team, boys and girls place themselves separately and in opposition. Much of what is displayed by those children show what is socially accepted for boys and girls, boasting their origin and what they understand as being proper or not. That is, children built themselves as boy-men and girl-women from the idea of what is prohibited or tolerated to each one of the sexes.