Configurações de gênero e espaço : um estudo de Sapato de Salto, de Lygia Bojunga

Abstract

The present Master’s Dissertation discusses space and gender configurations of the literary work Sapato de salto (High heeled shoes) (2006), by Lygia Bojunga. It dialogues matters inherent to children’s literature and identity. In view of this, it is verified how social and cultural aspects are represented in gender and space configuration, considering the studied literary work; and what relationships are established with the characters in the construction of their identities. To find responses for this questioning, it is indispensable to organize theoretical frame based on social and cultural aspects related to gender and space. About gender and its configurations, it is used works by Beauvoir (1980), Butler (2003), Louro (1997), Showalter (1994). With regard to space, the reference consists of Bachelard (1993), Certeau (1994), Corrêa (1989) and Pesavento (2002). Other analyzed concepts were children’s literature and identity, which discuss identity construction in the different stages of life of Sabrina, character of the studied literary work, through theory supported by Lajolo (1993), Hall (2005), Vigotski (1998) e Zilberman (1998) e (2005).