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Sapato de salto' [High heels]: polemical themes in Lygia Bojunga

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Abstract:
In this text we present portions of a larger work that, using a representative corpus of children's and young adult literature from various historical-aesthetic moments, studies the way in which authors focus on fundamental issues and controversies for humanity, such as fear, death, sexuality, abandonment, child prostitution, and much more. This article is focused on a reading of 'Sapato de Salto' (2006), by Lygia Bojunga.
Neste texto recortamos resultados de projeto mais amplo, que levanta, a partir de corpus representativo da literatura infantil e juvenil, em momentos histórico-estéticos diversos, o modo como os autores enfocaram questões fundamentais e polêmicas para o ser humano, como medo, morte, sexualidade, abandono, prostituição infantil, entre tantas outras. Tratando aqui, especificamente, da leitura de ‘Sapato de Salto’ (2006), de Lygia Bojunga.

Citation

Martha, Alice Áurea Penteado, "Sapato de salto' [High heels]: polemical themes in Lygia Bojunga" (2007). BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/jhdw-8v67

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  • BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature

    BRASIL/BRAZIL: A Journal of Brazilian Literature (ISSN: 2526-4885), founded in 1988, publishes scholarly articles on Brazilian literature and in Comparative Literature with a focus on Brazilian literature, as well as book reviews, interviews with writers, English-language translations of Brazilian literature …

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