COMIC AND THE REPRESENTATION OF BLACK WOMEN: FEMALE PROTAGONISM AND ITS SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Black Women, Racism, Comics, Jeremias-Pele
This qualitative bibliographic research aims to investigate the representation of black women in current national comic books and their contributions to 21st century society in the deconstruction of racism, developed within the scope of the Interdisciplinary Master's Degree of the Postgraduate Program in Society and Culture - PPGSC, in the research line Society and Ethnic-Racial Relations, of the State University of Piauí - UESPI. This is an ongoing research, with partial results. In order to understand the theme, bibliographic readings were carried out on culture, pop culture, narratives and comic books, as a cultural practice that constitutes a tool to address various themes in society, providing criticism, reflections, awareness and construction of knowledge. These aspects, articulated with the narratives of national comic books Jeremias-pele, make it possible to understand that racism is a cultural practice rooted in the structures of society and institutionalized in social standards with terrifying consequences for the lives of the black population, triggering various types of violence, racial segregation, invisibility and many other aspects that interfere in the constitution of identity, in the psychological and practical field, in the life and social relations of individuals. The analyses present constructive perspectives regarding the fight against racism, presenting black characters with representations that allow them to evoke a prominent place in society, providing representation and identity construction of black people in society. From the analysis of the character Carol, it is possible to understand that the narratives of comic books are effective tools to provide representation of black women today, through the presentation of the black female character as a woman with academic and professional self-development, with highly well-constituted psychological and emotional conditions, overcoming the pains of racism, and building herself with acceptance, freedom and self-esteem throughout her life, breaking depreciative paradigms of black women in society.