Abstract

PINHEIRO, Sacha Lima  and  FROTA, Ana Maria Monte Coelho. A comprehension of the Jenipapo-Kanindé Indian's childhood from their own: a phenomenological look through narratives and drawings. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2009, vol.9, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1808-4281.

The objective of this research is to trace a comprehension of the meanings and the childhood experience between the Jenipapo-Kanindé indians, from the community of Lagoa Encantada, in Aquiraz, Ceará. In this treatise, we start from the comprehension of childhood as a category socially constructed, singularly lived in each stage of history and in the different societies. Initially, we discuss about this concept and the history of childhood in Brazil and in the World. Later, we argue about the indian question in Northeastern and present the community that has been our locus of investigation in this research. For the construction of the data, we interviewed two grown-ups and two children of the Jenipapo-Kanindé ethnic group. We used the phenomenological method for the analysis of the material, making reflections about the childhood in the Jenipapo-Kanindé community, presenting the contributions of the major authors who deal with the subject. Thus, we intend to contribute to the deconstruction of the concept of childhood as a universal category, working with the conception of the existence of several childhoods.

Keywords : Childhood; Indian culture; Phenomenology.

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